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detention home

US pronunciation

American sounddetention home

detentionhome

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: Use the US audio for stress
Vowel: Spelling-based estimate
Ending: Final e often stays silent

detention - home -> detention home

Myanmar meaning

(n) ပြစ်မှုကျူးလွန်သောလူငယ်များကို ခေတ္တ ထိန်းသိမ်းထားရာစခန်း။

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detention /dÇ'tenʃn/ n [U]

(က) အကျဉ်းကျခြင်း။ အကျဉ်း ချထားခြင်း။ detention without trial ❍ deaths in detention ❍ a detention camp for illegal immigrants.
(ခ) ကျောင်း ဆင်းချိန်တွင် ဆင်းခွင့်မပေးသော ပြစ်ဒဏ်။
be given two hours' detention.
❏ detention centre (Brit ) (US detention home ) n
ပြစ်မှုကျူးလွန်သောလူငယ်များကို ခေတ္တ ထိန်းသိမ်းထားရာစခန်း။

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Detention without trial

Synonyms

custody, imprisonment, confinement, arrest, incarceration, locking up, apprehension, arrestation, bust, delay, detainment, hindrance, holding back, holding pen, immurement, impediment, internment, keeping in, nab, pen, pickup, pinch, quarantine, restraint, retention, time up the river, withholding

Antonyms

aid, assistance, freedom, help, liberation, release

Cross references

custody imprisonment confinement arrest incarceration locking up apprehension arrestation bust delay detainment hindrance holding back holding pen immurement impediment internment keeping in nab pen pickup pinch quarantine restraint retention time up the river withholding aid

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