deter

See also: Deter

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēterreō (“deter, discourage”), from de (“from”) + terreō (“I frighten”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈtɜː(ɹ)/

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)

Verb

deter (third-person singular simple present deters, present participle deterring, simple past and past participle deterred)

1. (transitive) To prevent something from happening.
2. (transitive) To persuade someone not to do something; to discourage.

   Their boss deterred them from both taking holidays at the same time, claiming he couldn't manage it all on his own.

   • 2020 July 1, Paul Stephen, “Vital Connections”, in Rail, page 41:

     Such a male-dominated environment is also likely to contribute to the lingering presence of an outdated belief that expressing feelings and demonstrating emotion is a sign of weakness, deterring some men from discussing their problems.

   • 2022 September 9, Sameer Yasir, “2 Years After Deadly Fistfights, India and China Pull Back From Border”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 September 2022, Asia Pacific‎^[2]:

     Among the remaining contention points between the two armies is an eastern region called the Depsang Plains. Military analysts said that the Chinese Army was not allowing Indian troops to patrol in that area, even though they have done so for decades. While India’s military is already stretched thin, said Saurav Jha, editor in chief of the Delhi Defense Review, it still needs to keep up a permanent patrol to deter China.

3. (transitive) To distract someone from something.
   • 1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral., London: Oxford University Press, published 1973, § 10:

     we have in following enquiry, attempted to throw some light upon subjects, from which uncertainty has hitherto deterred the wise

Synonyms

• (To persuade someone to not do something): dissuade

Related terms

• deterrent
• deterrence

Translations

to prevent something from happening

• Bulgarian: възпирам (bg) (vǎzpiram)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 防止 (zh) (fángzhǐ), 阻止 (zh) (zǔzhǐ), 預防／预防 (zh) (yùfáng)

• Czech: odvrátit pf
• Dutch: verhinderen (nl)
• Finnish: estää (fi)
• French: empêcher (fr)
• German: verhindern (de), abwenden (de), unterbinden (de)
• Hungarian: elrettent (hu)
• Icelandic: hindra
• Italian: prevenire (it)
• Japanese: 防ぐ (ja) (fusegu), 阻む (ja) (habamu), 阻止する (ja) (soshi suru)
• Maori: kaiwaenga, whakapāhunu
• Norwegian: forhindre (no)
• Portuguese: impedir (pt)
• Romanian: împiedica (ro), opri (ro)
• Russian: предотвраща́ть (ru) impf (predotvraščátʹ), предотврати́ть (ru) pf (predotvratítʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: osujetiti (sh), spriječiti (sh)
• Slovak: odvrátiť pf
• Slovene: preprečiti
• Spanish: evitar (es), prevenir (es), disuadir (es)
• Swedish: förhindra (sv), avstyra (sv)

to persuade someone not to do something

• Bulgarian: разубеждавам (bg) (razubeždavam)
• Czech: odradit (cs) pf, odstrašit pf
• Dutch: ontmoedigen (nl)
• Finnish: pidätellä (fi), estellä (fi), taivutella (fi)
• French: dissuader (fr), décourager (fr)
• German: abhalten (de), abbringen (de), zurückhalten (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἀποτρέπω (apotrépō)

• Italian: scoraggiare (it)
• Japanese: 思い止まらせる (omoitodomaraseru), 抑止する (ja) (yokushi suru)
• Maori: whakapāhunu, taitu
• Norwegian: avskrekke
• Portuguese: dissuadir (pt), desencorajar (pt)
• Romanian: descuraja (ro), deconsilia (ro)
• Russian: отгова́ривать (ru) impf (otgovárivatʹ), отговори́ть (ru) pf (otgovorítʹ), разубежда́ть (ru) impf (razubeždátʹ), разубеди́ть (ru) pf (razubedítʹ), уде́рживать (ru) impf (udérživatʹ), удержа́ть (ru) pf (uderžátʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: odgovoriti (sh), odvratiti (sh)
• Slovak: odradiť pf, odstrašiť pf
• Slovene: odvrniti
• Spanish: disuadir (es), desalentar (es)
• Swedish: avråda (sv), avskräcka (sv)

to distract someone from something

• German: ablenken (de), beeinträchtigen (de)

Further reading

• “deter”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “deter”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “deter”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• treed

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese detẽer, from Latin dētinēre, present active infinitive of dētineō (“detain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [deˈteɾ]

Verb

deter (first-person singular present deteño, first-person singular preterite detiven, past participle detido)

1. to detain, stop
2. to stay
3. to arrest

Conjugation

    Conjugation of deter (irregular)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	deter
Personal	deter	deteres	deter	determos	deterdes	deteren
Gerund
	detendo
Past participle
Masculine	detido			detidos
Feminine	detida			detidas
Indicative
Present	deteño	detés	detén	detemos	detendes, detedes	deteñen
Imperfect	detiña	detiñas	detiña	detiñamos	detiñades	detiñan
Preterite	detiven	detiveches	detivo	detivemos	detivestes	detiveron
Pluperfect	detivera	detiveras	detivera	detiveramos	detiverades	detiveran
Future	deterei	deterás	deterá	deteremos	deteredes	deterán
Conditional	detería	deterías	detería	deteriamos	deteriades	deterían
Subjunctive
Present	deteña	deteñas	deteña	deteñamos	deteñades	deteñan
Imperfect	detivese	detiveses	detivese	detivésemos	detivésedes	detivesen
Future	detiver	detiveres	detiver	detivermos	detiverdes	detiveren
Imperative
Affirmative		detén	deteña	deteñamos	detende, detede	deteñan
Negative (non)		non deteñas	non deteña	non deteñamos	non deteñades	non deteñan

    Reintegrated conjugation of deter (irregular) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	deter
Personal	deter	deteres	deter	determos	deterdes	deterem
Gerund
	detendo
Past participle
Masculine	detido			detidos
Feminine	detida			detidas
Indicative
Present	detenho	detés, deténs	detém	detemos	detendes	detenhem, detêm, detém1
Imperfect	detinha	detinhas	detinha	detínhamos	detínhades, detínheis, detínhais1	detinham
Preterite	detivem, detive	detiveste, detiveche1	detivo, deteve	detivemos	detivestes	detivérom, detiveram
Pluperfect	detivera	detiveras	detivera	detivéramos	detivérades, detivéreis, detivérais1	detiveram
Future	deterei	deterás	deterá	deteremos	deteredes, detereis	deterám, deterão
Conditional	deteria	deterias	deteria	deteríamos	deteríades, deteríeis, deteríais1	deteriam
Subjunctive
Present	detenha	detenhas	detenha	detenhamos	detenhades, detenhais	detenham
Imperfect	detivesse	detivesses	detivesse	detivéssemos	detivéssedes, detivésseis	detivessem
Future	detiver	detiveres	detiver	detivermos	detiverdes	detiverem
Imperative
Affirmative		detém	detenha	detenhamos	detende	detenham
Negative (nom)		nom detenhas	nom detenha	nom detenhamos	nom detenhades, nom detenhais	nom detenham

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• abster
• ater
• conter
• entreter
• manter
• reter
• soster
• ter

References

• “deteer” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “detee” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “deter” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “deter” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “deter” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese detẽer, from Latin dētinēre (“to detain”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /deˈte(ʁ)/ [deˈte(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /deˈte(ʁ)/ [deˈte(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /deˈte(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /deˈte(ʁ)/ [deˈte(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /deˈte(ɻ)/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨˈteɾ/

Verb

deter (first-person singular present detenho, first-person singular preterite detive, past participle detido)

1. to stop, arrest, detain, restrain
2. to deter
3. to withhold
4. to hold (a right or privilege)

   A empresa detém o direito de despedir os empregados.

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

5. to own (corporate)

   Esta empresa detém uma cadeia de restaurantes.

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of deter (irregular) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	deter
Personal	deter	deteres	deter	determos	deterdes	deterem
Gerund
	detendo
Past participle
Masculine	detido			detidos
Feminine	detida			detidas
Indicative
Present	detenho	deténs	detém	detemos	detendes	detêm
Imperfect	detinha	detinhas	detinha	detínhamos	detínheis	detinham
Preterite	detive	detiveste	deteve	detivemos	detivestes	detiveram
Pluperfect	detivera	detiveras	detivera	detivéramos	detivéreis	detiveram
Future	deterei	deterás	deterá	deteremos	detereis	deterão
Conditional	deteria	deterias	deteria	deteríamos	deteríeis	deteriam
Subjunctive
Present	detenha	detenhas	detenha	detenhamos	detenhais	detenham
Imperfect	detivesse	detivesses	detivesse	detivéssemos	detivésseis	detivessem
Future	detiver	detiveres	detiver	detivermos	detiverdes	detiverem
Imperative
Affirmative		detém	detenha	detenhamos	detende	detenham
Negative (não)		não detenhas	não detenha	não detenhamos	não detenhais	não detenham

Related terms

• detenção
• ter