Usually means: Discourage someone from taking action.
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General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. deter: Merriam-Webster
  2. deter: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. deter: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. deter: Collins English Dictionary
  5. deter: Vocabulary.com
  6. Deter, deter: Wordnik
  7. deter: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. deter: Wiktionary
  9. deter: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. deter: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. deter: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Deter, deter: Dictionary.com
  13. deter: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. deter: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Deter: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. deter: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. deter: Rhymezone
  18. deter: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. deter: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. deter: FreeDictionary.org
  21. deter: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. deter: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. deter: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  24. deter: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. deter: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. DETER: Acronym Finder
  2. deter: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Deter)

▸ verb:  (transitive) To prevent something from happening.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To persuade someone not to do something; to discourage.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To distract someone from something.
▸ noun:  A surname from German.

Similar:
dissuade, discourage, prevent, deterr, block, forestall, defend, Debar, nullify, defeat, more...

Opposite:
encourage, motivate, inspire

Types:
bleach, detergent, soap, dishwashing liquid, hand soap, liquid soap, bar soap, body wash, shampoo, more...

Phrases:
Auguste Deter, opposite of deter, deter her, deter away, deter us, more...

Colors:
    gray,     black,     dark blue,     olive green,     charcoal, more...


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Similar:
dissuade, discourage, prevent, deterr, block, forestall, defend, Debar, nullify, defeat, more...

Opposite:
encourage, motivate, inspire

Types:
bleach, detergent, soap, dishwashing liquid, hand soap, liquid soap, bar soap, body wash, shampoo, more...

Phrases:
Auguste Deter, opposite of deter, deter her, deter away, deter us, more...

Colors:
    gray,     black,     dark blue,     olive green,     charcoal, more...



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