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deter

Pronunciation: /deˈte(ʁ)/

“deter” is a Portuguese word. Its 5 meanings in English:

verb

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

In Portuguese

  1. proceder à detenção; prender; reter à força
  2. fazer parar, suspender a progressão de
  3. ter em seu poder, possuir, ser detentor de
  4. reprimir-se, conter-se
  5. parar, travar, suspender a progressão
  6. demorar-se, retardar-se
  7. ter de

Etymology

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

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