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We found 33 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word detain:
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General (28 matching dictionaries)

1. detain: Merriam-Webster.com [home, info]
2. detain: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries [home, info]
3. detain: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
4. detain: Vocabulary.com [home, info]
5. detain: Macmillan Dictionary [home, info]
6. Detain, detain: Wordnik [home, info]
7. detain: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary [home, info]
8. detain: Wiktionary [home, info]
9. detain: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed. [home, info]
10. detain: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus [home, info]
11. detain: Infoplease Dictionary [home, info]
12. detain: Dictionary.com [home, info]
13. detain: Online Etymology Dictionary [home, info]
14. detain: UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
15. detain: Cambridge Dictionary of American English [home, info]
16. Detain: Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
17. detain: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition [home, info]
18. detain: Rhymezone [home, info]
19. detain: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info]
20. detain: Free Dictionary [home, info]
21. detain: Mnemonic Dictionary [home, info]
22. detain: WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper [home, info]
23. detain: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info]
24. detain: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info]
25. detain: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations [home, info]
26. detain: Collins English Dictionary [home, info]

Business (3 matching dictionaries)

27. detain: Everybody's Legal Dictionary [home, info]
28. detain: Glossary of Legal Terms [home, info]
29. detain: Legal dictionary [home, info]

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

30. detain: Encyclopedia [home, info]

Slang (1 matching dictionary)

31. detain: Urban Dictionary [home, info]

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Quick definitions from Macmillan ( ) Provided by Quick definitions from WordNet (detain) ▸ verb:  deprive of freedom; take into confinement ▸ verb:  cause to be slowed down or delayed ▸ verb:  stop or halt ▸ Also see detains ▸ Word origin ▸ Words similar to detain ▸ Usage examples for detain ▸ Idioms related to detain (New!) ▸ Words that often appear near detain ▸ Rhymes of detain ▸ Invented words related to detain