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detain

/dɪˈteɪn/

US pronunciation
American sound/dɪˈteɪn/
dɪˈteɪn
Syllables
2 syllables
Stress
2nd syllable stress
Vowel
Short i vowel
Ending
Clear final sound

dɪ - ˈteɪn -> detain

Myanmar meaning

(v) စောင့်ဆိုင်းနေစေသည်။ ကြံ့ကြာနေစေသည်။ မထွက်ခွာနိုင်ဖြစ်စေသည်။ ဆွဲထားသည်။ ဖမ်းချုပ်ထားသည်။ detains, detained, detaining

Full entry

detain /dÇ'teÇn/ v

၁။ ချုပ်ထားသည်။ ထိန်းသိမ်းထားသည်။ emergency powers allowing the government to detain political prisoners without charge ❍ The police detained him for questioning. See also DETENTION
၂။ (fml ) တားထားသည်။ ကြန့်ကြာစေသည်။ ဆွဲထားသည်။
There is little to detain the visitor in these churches. ❍ This question need not detain us long (ie can be settled quickly).
❏ detainee /di:teÇ'ni:/ n ထိန်းသိမ်းခံရသူ။ political detainees.

More examples
  • A 29-year-old man was detained for questioning.
  • Nine people were treated in hospital and one was detained overnight.
  • Ms Dawson has been detained, so we will start the meeting without her.
Synonyms
arrest, hold, keep in custody, capture, confine, control, restrain, apprehend, bog down, bust, buttonhole, check, constrain, decelerate, delay, hang up, hinder, hold up, ice, impede, inhibit, intern, jail, keep, keep back, mire, nab, pick up, pinch, pull in, put away, reserve, retard, run in, send up, set back, slow down, slow up, withhold
Antonyms
advance, aid, allow, assist, facilitate, forward, free, give, help, let go, liberate, offer, permit, push, release
Cross references
arrestholdkeep in custodycaptureconfinecontrolrestrainapprehendbog downbustbuttonholecheckconstraindeceleratedelayhang uphinderhold upiceimpedeinhibitinternjailkeepkeep backmirenabpick up
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