"detain" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /dɪˈteɪn/ [UK] Audio: En-us-detain.ogg [US] Forms: detains [present, singular, third-person], detaining [participle, present], detained [participle, past], detained [past]
Rhymes: -eɪn Etymology: From Old French detenir. Cognate with Italian detenere, Portuguese deter, Romanian deține, and Spanish detener. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ten-}}, {{uder|en|fro|detenir}} Old French detenir, {{cog|it|detenere}} Italian detenere, {{cog|pt|deter}} Portuguese deter, {{cog|ro|deține}} Romanian deține, {{cog|es|detener}} Spanish detener Head templates: {{en-verb}} detain (third-person singular simple present detains, present participle detaining, simple past and past participle detained)
  1. (transitive) To keep someone from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention. Tags: transitive Translations (keep someone from proceeding): задъ́ржам (zadǎ́ržam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), задържа́ (zadǎržá) [perfective] (Bulgarian), pidätellä (Finnish), καθυστερώ (kathysteró) (Greek), dētineō (Latin), tātāwhi (Maori)
    Sense id: en-detain-en-verb-VvvelMsI Disambiguation of 'keep someone from proceeding': 61 7 27 5
  2. (transitive, law enforcement) To put under custody. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Law enforcement Translations (put under custody): اِعْتَقَلَ (iʕtaqala) (Arabic), затры́мліваць (zatrýmlivacʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), затрымо́ўваць (zatrymóŭvacʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), затрыма́ць (zatrymácʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), задзе́ржваць (zadzjéržvacʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), задъ́ржам (zadǎ́ržam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), задържа́ (zadǎržá) [perfective] (Bulgarian), detenir (Catalan), detindre (Catalan), 拘留 (jūliú) (Chinese Mandarin), 扣留 (kòuliú) (Chinese Mandarin), 扣押 (kòuyā) (Chinese Mandarin), 看押 (kānyā) (Chinese Mandarin), 拘禁 (jūjìn) (Chinese Mandarin), zadržovat [imperfective] (Czech), zadržet [perfective] (Czech), tilbageholde (Danish), detineren (Dutch), reteni (Esperanto), pidättää (Finnish), détenir (French), arrêter (French), deter (Galician), verhaften (German), κρατώ (krató) (Greek), रोकना (roknā) (Hindi), पकड़ना (pakaṛnā) (Hindi), őrizetbe vesz (Hungarian), coinnigh (Irish), detenere (Italian), trattenere (Italian), 拘留する (kōryū suru) (alt: こうりゅうする) (Japanese), 引き留める (hikitomeru) (alt: ひきとめる) (Japanese), កាក់ (kak) (Khmer), បង្ខាំង (bɑɑbɑngkhang) (Khmer), បង្ក្រៀក (bɑɑbɑngkriək) (Khmer), 구류하다 (guryuhada) (Korean), ກັກ (kak) (Lao), ກັກຂັງ (kak khang) (Lao), teneo (Latin), задржува (zadržuva) [imperfective] (Macedonian), задржи (zadrži) [perfective] (Macedonian), zatrzymywać [imperfective] (Polish), zatrzymać [perfective] (Polish), deter (Portuguese), reține (Romanian), заде́рживать (zadérživatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), задержа́ть (zaderžátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), задржа́вати [Cyrillic, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), задр̀жати [Cyrillic, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), zadržávati [Roman, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), zadr̀žati [Roman, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), zadržiavať [imperfective] (Slovak), zadržať [perfective] (Slovak), pridrževati [imperfective] (Slovene), pridržati [perfective] (Slovene), detener (Spanish), retener (Spanish), gripa (Swedish), internera (Swedish), กัก (gàk) (Thai), กักขัง (gàk-kǎng) (Thai), กักตัว (gàk-dtuua) (Thai), gözaltına almak (Turkish), затри́мувати (zatrýmuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), затри́мати (zatrýmaty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), cầm giữ (Vietnamese), giam (Vietnamese), giam cầm (Vietnamese), tewfiq kerden (Zazaki)
    Sense id: en-detain-en-verb-KgCYM3Rp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 79 8 7 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 12 57 16 14 Topics: government, law-enforcement Disambiguation of 'put under custody': 1 94 3 2
  3. (transitive) To keep back or from; to withhold. Tags: transitive Translations (keep back or from): pidättää (Finnish), tautāwhi (Maori)
    Sense id: en-detain-en-verb-TCnPtrxk Disambiguation of 'keep back or from': 11 4 83 2
  4. (transitive) To seize goods for official purposes. Tags: transitive Translations (seize goods for official purposes): takavarikoida (Finnish), κατάσχω (katáscho) (Greek)
    Sense id: en-detain-en-verb-kS0DqWAb Disambiguation of 'seize goods for official purposes': 1 2 2 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: detainee, detainment, detention

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "keep someone from proceeding",
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          "ref": "2021 August 16, “Exploring the SCP Foundation: SCP-6002 - All Creatures Great and Small” (19:06 from the start), in The Exploring Series, archived from the original on 2023-01-10",
          "text": "In April of 2009, however, the disease was found to suddenly no longer be appearing in newly-hatched chickens, and, upon review, it was discovered that Dr. Wildcat had modified 6002 without authorization, removing the disease from the genome. She's detained and questioned by Muller, and, even though she tries to lie that she didn't do anything, they have footage of her ascending the tree on her own.",
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          "roman": "zadzjéržvacʹ",
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "put under custody",
          "word": "detenir"
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        {
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "put under custody",
          "word": "detindre"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jūliú",
          "sense": "put under custody",
          "word": "拘留"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "kòuliú",
          "sense": "put under custody",
          "word": "扣留"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "kòuyā",
          "sense": "put under custody",
          "word": "扣押"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "kānyā",
          "sense": "put under custody",
          "word": "看押"
        },
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          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jūjìn",
          "sense": "put under custody",
          "word": "拘禁"
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "put under custody",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "cs",
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          "sense": "put under custody",
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "put under custody",
          "word": "tilbageholde"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "put under custody",
          "word": "detineren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "put under custody",
          "word": "reteni"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "put under custody",
          "word": "pidättää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "put under custody",
          "word": "détenir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "put under custody",
          "word": "arrêter"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "put under custody",
          "word": "deter"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "put under custody",
          "word": "verhaften"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "krató",
          "sense": "put under custody",
          "word": "κρατώ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "roknā",
          "sense": "put under custody",
          "word": "रोकना"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "pakaṛnā",
          "sense": "put under custody",
          "word": "पकड़ना"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "put under custody",
          "word": "őrizetbe vesz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "put under custody",
          "word": "coinnigh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "put under custody",
          "word": "detenere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "put under custody",
          "word": "trattenere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "alt": "こうりゅうする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kōryū suru",
          "sense": "put under custody",
          "word": "拘留する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "alt": "ひきとめる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hikitomeru",
          "sense": "put under custody",
          "word": "引き留める"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "kak",
          "sense": "put under custody",
          "word": "កាក់"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "bɑɑbɑngkhang",
          "sense": "put under custody",
          "word": "បង្ខាំង"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "bɑɑbɑngkriək",
          "sense": "put under custody",
          "word": "បង្ក្រៀក"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "guryuhada",
          "sense": "put under custody",
          "word": "구류하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "kak",
          "sense": "put under custody",
          "word": "ກັກ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "kak khang",
          "sense": "put under custody",
          "word": "ກັກຂັງ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "put under custody",
          "word": "teneo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "zadržuva",
          "sense": "put under custody",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "задржува"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "zadrži",
          "sense": "put under custody",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "задржи"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "put under custody",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "zatrzymywać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "put under custody",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "zatrzymać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "put under custody",
          "word": "deter"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "put under custody",
          "word": "reține"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zadérživatʹ",
          "sense": "put under custody",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "заде́рживать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zaderžátʹ",
          "sense": "put under custody",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "задержа́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "put under custody",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "задржа́вати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "put under custody",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "задр̀жати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "put under custody",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "zadržávati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "put under custody",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "zadr̀žati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "put under custody",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "zadržiavať"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "put under custody",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "zadržať"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "put under custody",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "pridrževati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "put under custody",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "pridržati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "put under custody",
          "word": "detener"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "put under custody",
          "word": "retener"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "put under custody",
          "word": "gripa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "put under custody",
          "word": "internera"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "gàk",
          "sense": "put under custody",
          "word": "กัก"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "gàk-kǎng",
          "sense": "put under custody",
          "word": "กักขัง"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "gàk-dtuua",
          "sense": "put under custody",
          "word": "กักตัว"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "put under custody",
          "word": "gözaltına almak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zatrýmuvaty",
          "sense": "put under custody",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "затри́мувати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zatrýmaty",
          "sense": "put under custody",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "затри́мати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "put under custody",
          "word": "cầm giữ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "put under custody",
          "word": "giam"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "put under custody",
          "word": "giam cầm"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "zza",
          "lang": "Zazaki",
          "sense": "put under custody",
          "word": "tewfiq kerden"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To keep back or from; to withhold."
      ],
      "id": "en-detain-en-verb-TCnPtrxk",
      "links": [
        [
          "withhold",
          "withhold"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To keep back or from; to withhold."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "11 4 83 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "keep back or from",
          "word": "pidättää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 4 83 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "keep back or from",
          "word": "tautāwhi"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To seize goods for official purposes."
      ],
      "id": "en-detain-en-verb-kS0DqWAb",
      "links": [
        [
          "seize",
          "seize"
        ],
        [
          "goods",
          "goods"
        ],
        [
          "official",
          "official"
        ],
        [
          "purpose",
          "purpose"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To seize goods for official purposes."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 2 96",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "seize goods for official purposes",
          "word": "takavarikoida"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 2 96",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "katáscho",
          "sense": "seize goods for official purposes",
          "word": "κατάσχω"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪˈteɪn/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪn"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-detain.ogg",
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        "US"
      ],
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    }
  ],
  "word": "detain"
}
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  "categories": [
    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms derived from Old French",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ten-",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English undefined derivations",
    "English verbs",
    "Requests for review of Estonian translations",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪn",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪn/2 syllables"
  ],
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    {
      "word": "detainee"
    },
    {
      "word": "detainment"
    },
    {
      "word": "detention"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ten-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "detenir"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French detenir",
      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "detenere"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian detenere",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "deter"
      },
      "expansion": "Portuguese deter",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "deține"
      },
      "expansion": "Romanian deține",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "detener"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish detener",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old French detenir. Cognate with Italian detenere, Portuguese deter, Romanian deține, and Spanish detener.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "detains",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "detaining",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "detained",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "detained",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "detain (third-person singular simple present detains, present participle detaining, simple past and past participle detained)",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To keep someone from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "proceed",
          "proceed"
        ],
        [
          "holding them back",
          "hold back"
        ],
        [
          "claim",
          "claim"
        ],
        [
          "attention",
          "attention"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To keep someone from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "en:Law enforcement"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2021 August 16, “Exploring the SCP Foundation: SCP-6002 - All Creatures Great and Small” (19:06 from the start), in The Exploring Series, archived from the original on 2023-01-10",
          "text": "In April of 2009, however, the disease was found to suddenly no longer be appearing in newly-hatched chickens, and, upon review, it was discovered that Dr. Wildcat had modified 6002 without authorization, removing the disease from the genome. She's detained and questioned by Muller, and, even though she tries to lie that she didn't do anything, they have footage of her ascending the tree on her own.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To put under custody."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "law enforcement",
          "law enforcement"
        ],
        [
          "custody",
          "custody"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, law enforcement) To put under custody."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "law-enforcement"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To keep back or from; to withhold."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "withhold",
          "withhold"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To keep back or from; to withhold."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To seize goods for official purposes."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "seize",
          "seize"
        ],
        [
          "goods",
          "goods"
        ],
        [
          "official",
          "official"
        ],
        [
          "purpose",
          "purpose"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To seize goods for official purposes."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪˈteɪn/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪn"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-detain.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/En-us-detain.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zadǎ́ržam",
      "sense": "keep someone from proceeding",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "задъ́ржам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zadǎržá",
      "sense": "keep someone from proceeding",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "задържа́"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "keep someone from proceeding",
      "word": "pidätellä"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kathysteró",
      "sense": "keep someone from proceeding",
      "word": "καθυστερώ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "keep someone from proceeding",
      "word": "dētineō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "keep someone from proceeding",
      "word": "tātāwhi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "iʕtaqala",
      "sense": "put under custody",
      "word": "اِعْتَقَلَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "zatrýmlivacʹ",
      "sense": "put under custody",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "затры́мліваць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "zatrymóŭvacʹ",
      "sense": "put under custody",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "затрымо́ўваць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "zatrymácʹ",
      "sense": "put under custody",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "затрыма́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "zadzjéržvacʹ",
      "sense": "put under custody",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "задзе́ржваць"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zadǎ́ržam",
      "sense": "put under custody",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "задъ́ржам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zadǎržá",
      "sense": "put under custody",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "задържа́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "put under custody",
      "word": "detenir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "put under custody",
      "word": "detindre"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jūliú",
      "sense": "put under custody",
      "word": "拘留"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kòuliú",
      "sense": "put under custody",
      "word": "扣留"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kòuyā",
      "sense": "put under custody",
      "word": "扣押"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kānyā",
      "sense": "put under custody",
      "word": "看押"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jūjìn",
      "sense": "put under custody",
      "word": "拘禁"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "put under custody",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "zadržovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "put under custody",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zadržet"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "put under custody",
      "word": "tilbageholde"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "put under custody",
      "word": "detineren"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "put under custody",
      "word": "reteni"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "put under custody",
      "word": "pidättää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "put under custody",
      "word": "détenir"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "put under custody",
      "word": "arrêter"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "put under custody",
      "word": "deter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "put under custody",
      "word": "verhaften"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "krató",
      "sense": "put under custody",
      "word": "κρατώ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "roknā",
      "sense": "put under custody",
      "word": "रोकना"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "pakaṛnā",
      "sense": "put under custody",
      "word": "पकड़ना"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "put under custody",
      "word": "őrizetbe vesz"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "put under custody",
      "word": "coinnigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "put under custody",
      "word": "detenere"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "put under custody",
      "word": "trattenere"
    },
    {
      "alt": "こうりゅうする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kōryū suru",
      "sense": "put under custody",
      "word": "拘留する"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ひきとめる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hikitomeru",
      "sense": "put under custody",
      "word": "引き留める"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "kak",
      "sense": "put under custody",
      "word": "កាក់"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "bɑɑbɑngkhang",
      "sense": "put under custody",
      "word": "បង្ខាំង"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "bɑɑbɑngkriək",
      "sense": "put under custody",
      "word": "បង្ក្រៀក"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "guryuhada",
      "sense": "put under custody",
      "word": "구류하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "kak",
      "sense": "put under custody",
      "word": "ກັກ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "kak khang",
      "sense": "put under custody",
      "word": "ກັກຂັງ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "put under custody",
      "word": "teneo"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "zadržuva",
      "sense": "put under custody",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "задржува"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "zadrži",
      "sense": "put under custody",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "задржи"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "put under custody",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "zatrzymywać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "put under custody",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zatrzymać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "put under custody",
      "word": "deter"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "put under custody",
      "word": "reține"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zadérživatʹ",
      "sense": "put under custody",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "заде́рживать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zaderžátʹ",
      "sense": "put under custody",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "задержа́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "put under custody",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "задржа́вати"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "put under custody",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "задр̀жати"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "put under custody",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "zadržávati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "put under custody",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zadr̀žati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "put under custody",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "zadržiavať"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "put under custody",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zadržať"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "put under custody",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "pridrževati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "put under custody",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "pridržati"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "put under custody",
      "word": "detener"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "put under custody",
      "word": "retener"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "put under custody",
      "word": "gripa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "put under custody",
      "word": "internera"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "gàk",
      "sense": "put under custody",
      "word": "กัก"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "gàk-kǎng",
      "sense": "put under custody",
      "word": "กักขัง"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "gàk-dtuua",
      "sense": "put under custody",
      "word": "กักตัว"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "put under custody",
      "word": "gözaltına almak"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zatrýmuvaty",
      "sense": "put under custody",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "затри́мувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zatrýmaty",
      "sense": "put under custody",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "затри́мати"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "put under custody",
      "word": "cầm giữ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "put under custody",
      "word": "giam"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "put under custody",
      "word": "giam cầm"
    },
    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "put under custody",
      "word": "tewfiq kerden"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "keep back or from",
      "word": "pidättää"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "keep back or from",
      "word": "tautāwhi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "seize goods for official purposes",
      "word": "takavarikoida"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "katáscho",
      "sense": "seize goods for official purposes",
      "word": "κατάσχω"
    }
  ],
  "word": "detain"
}

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