We found 27 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word detain:
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 General (24 matching dictionaries)
- detain: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
- detain: Encarta® World English Dictionary, North American Edition [home, info]
- detain: Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, 11th Edition [home, info]
- detain: Wordnik [home, info]
- detain: Cambridge International Dictionary of English [home, info]
- detain: Wiktionary [home, info]
- detain: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed. [home, info]
- detain: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus [home, info]
- detain: Infoplease Dictionary [home, info]
- detain: Dictionary.com [home, info]
- detain: Online Etymology Dictionary [home, info]
- detain: UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
- detain: Cambridge Dictionary of American English [home, info]
- Detain: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia [home, info]
- Detain: Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
- detain: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition [home, info]
- detain: Rhymezone [home, info]
- detain: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info]
- detain: Free Dictionary [home, info]
- detain: Mnemonic Dictionary [home, info]
- detain: WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper [home, info]
- detain: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info]
- detain: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info]
- detain: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations [home, info]
Business (2 matching dictionaries)
- detain: Everybody's Legal Dictionary [home, info]
- detain: Legal dictionary [home, info]
Computing (1 matching dictionary)
- detain: Encyclopedia [home, info]
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Quick definitions (detain)
▸ verb: deprive of freedom; take into confinement
▸ verb: cause to be slowed down or delayed
▸ verb: stop or halt
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