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A lot of children, like I did, move away from words because of the fear - which is something you have to take out of education: the fear of worrying about what marks you'll get, detention, worrying about letting people down, your parents, teachers.
Michael Morpurgo

Meaning of "detention" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DETENTION

From Latin dētentiō a keeping back.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DETENTION

detention  [dɪˈtɛnʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DETENTION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Detention is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DETENTION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Detention

Detention may refer to: ▪ School detention, a form of punishment used in schools ▪ Detention, imprisonment of someone guilty or suspected of a crime ▪ DetentionDetentionDetention ▪ "Detention", episode 58 of the television series Cold CaseDetention ▪ Detention basin, an artificial flow control structure that is used to contain flood water for a limited period of a time ▪ Remand, the keeping in custody of an arrested person awaiting ajudication ▪ Immigration detention, imprisonment of an unauthorised person entering a country...

Definition of detention in the English dictionary

The first definition of detention in the dictionary is the act of detaining or state of being detained. Other definition of detention is custody or confinement, esp of a suspect awaiting trial. Detention is also a form of punishment in which a pupil is detained after school.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DETENTION


abstention
əbˈstɛnʃən
attention
əˈtɛnʃən
contention
kənˈtɛnʃən
distension
dɪsˈtɛnʃən
extension
ɪkˈstɛnʃən
hyperextension
ˌhaɪpərɪkˈstɛnʃən
hypertension
ˌhaɪpəˈtɛnʃən
hypotension
ˌhaɪpəʊˈtɛnʃən
intension
ɪnˈtɛnʃən
intention
ɪnˈtɛnʃən
irretention
ɪrɪˈtɛnʃən
mention
ˈmɛnʃən
normotension
ˈnɔːməʊˌtɛnʃən
overattention
ˌəʊvərəˈtɛnʃən
overextension
ˌəʊvərɪkˈstɛnʃən
pretension
prɪˈtɛnʃən
protension
prəʊˈtɛnʃən
retention
rɪˈtɛnʃən
sustention
səˈstɛnʃən
tension
ˈtɛnʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DETENTION

detective story
detective superintendent
detective work
detective-like
detectivist
detectophone
detector
detector van
detectorist
detent
detention centre
detention home
detentist
deter
deterge
detergence
detergency
detergent
deterger
deteriorate

WORDS THAT END LIKE DETENTION

accreditation
bone of contention
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
chemoprevention
contravention
convention
crime prevention
dissention
fire prevention
honourable mention
inattention
indention
intervention
invention
National Convention
obtention
political convention
prevention
reinvention
selective attention
subvention

Synonyms and antonyms of detention in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DETENTION»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «detention» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of detention

Translation of «detention» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DETENTION

Find out the translation of detention to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of detention from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «detention» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

拘留
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

detención
570 millions of speakers

English

detention
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

निरोध
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حَجْز
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

арест
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

detenção
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আটক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

détention
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penahanan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Inhaftierung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

拘留
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

구류
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tahanan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự giam cầm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

காவல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

खोळंबा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tutuklama
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

detenzione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

areszt
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

утримання під вартою
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

detenție
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κράτηση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

aanhouding
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kvarsittning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

anholdelse
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of detention

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DETENTION»

The term «detention» is very widely used and occupies the 17.464 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DETENTION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «detention» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «detention» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about detention

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10 QUOTES WITH «DETENTION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word detention.
1
Lemon Andersen
I was in juvenile detention center, and I was in Rikers Island. And there was an anthology written by the inmates called 'The Pen,' and I - you know, I had a crush on a girl, and she left me when I was incarcerated. And I found this poem in this anthology that talked about having your heart broken and being incarcerated.
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Robert Bourassa
There is nothing more foreign to a civilised and democratic system than preventive detention.
3
Greg Boyle
My church is in the detention facilities where I preside and celebrate the Eucharist. To me that's the church. That's the people of God.
4
Simone Elkeles
I get a lot of mail from boys in detention centers, including one from a center where they only had a few copies of my novel. They had a deal with each other that they'd read a couple of chapters and then slide it under the door to the next guy. I think that's very cool.
5
Maggie Grace
I used to trip over my legs and get detention for my too-short shorts because none fit. I still trip, but now I like to show them off.
6
Amanda Holden
I was a prefect at school, I never had a tattoo, got a detention or pierced my ears more than once.
7
Jake Lloyd
I used to spend every morning in detention at my old school.
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Jake Lloyd
I was in detention a lot.
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Trevor Moore
Most of my teachers didn't like me. I didn't get good grades because I pretty much lived at the public access studio. I tried to be the class clown, so I spent a lot of time in detention.
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Michael Morpurgo
A lot of children, like I did, move away from words because of the fear - which is something you have to take out of education: the fear of worrying about what marks you'll get, detention, worrying about letting people down, your parents, teachers.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DETENTION»

Discover the use of detention in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to detention and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Preventive Detention and Security Law: A Commparative Survey
1974.
Andrew Harding, John Hatchard, 1993
2
Death, Doom, and Detention
In New York Times bestselling author Darynda Jones's Death, Doom and Detention, the normal part of Lorelei MacAlister’s life didn’t just slip away quietly the day Jared Kovach came to town.
Darynda Jones, 2013
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Immigration Detention and Human Rights: Rethinking ...
By rethinking the notion of territorial sovereignty in modern constitutionalism, this book puts forward a solution to the problem of legally permissive immigration detention.
Galina Cornelisse, 2010
4
Detention of Asylum Seekers in Europe: Analysis and Perspectives
This volume presents a compilation of cross-disciplinary essays written by representatives of non-governmental and inter-governmental organisations, practising lawyers, academics, researchers and a psychiatrist, which reflect the heightened ...
Jane Hughes, Fabrice Liebaut, 1998
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Detention in the ‘War on Terror': Can Human Rights Fight Back?
In this book, Fiona de Londras presents an overview of counter-terrorist detention in the US and the UK and the attempts by both states to achieve a downward recalibration of international human rights standards as they apply in an ...
Fiona de Londras, 2011
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Legal Reform and Administrative Detention Powers in China
Using a conceptual framework, this 2007 book examines the processes of legal reform in post-socialist countries such as China.
Sarah Biddulph, 2007
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Detention and Denial: The Case for Candor After Guantanamo
In Detention and Denial, he illustrates how U.S.detention policy is a tangle of obfuscation rather than a serious set of moral and legal decisions.
Benjamin Wittes, 2011
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Immigration Detention: Law, History, Politics
Daniel Wilsher traces how modern states have come to use long-term detention of immigrants without judicial control.
Daniel Wilsher, 2011
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No Place for Children: Voices from Juvenile Detention
"This work of photojournalism goes inside the system to offer an intimate, often disturbing view of children's experiences in juvenile detention.
Steve Liss, 2005
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Non-Detention System In School Education
Government of Andhra Pradesh has introduced the non-detention system, a system of automatic promotion, at the school level realising that education is best imparted in an atmosphere of free progress where the incentive and urge to improve ...
M.N. Jyothi, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DETENTION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term detention is used in the context of the following news items.
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County wants $87.5M for immigration detention center - Local10.com
Miami-Dade County proposed budget: $87.5M for Krome Detention Center project. Proposed budget says county needs $242.5M more for ... «Local 10, Jul 15»
2
A Judge Sent 3 Kids To Juvenile Detention For Reportedly Skipping …
A judge last month ordered three Michigan siblings be sent to a juvenile detention center after they reportedly refused to go to lunch with their ... «BuzzFeed News, Jul 15»
3
Immigration News Latest: ICE Opts for 'Alternatives to Detention
The monitoring system, which immigration officials stated is cheaper than detention, could dramatically expand next year, the newspaper noted. «Latin Post, Jul 15»
4
Lawyers and doctors reject assurances on detention centre secrecy
A culture of fear among detention centre workers means neglect or abuse of refugees will remain hidden despite government attempts to ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
5
EFCC confirms detention of former governors Ohakim, Nyako …
Abuja – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday, confirmed the arrest and detention of two former governors, ... «News24 Nigeria, Jul 15»
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Prison watchdog criticises lengthy detention periods at Dungavel …
Prison watchdog criticises lengthy detention periods at Dungavel caused by avoidable delays. hmip A number of asylum seekers at Dungavel ... «Scottish Legal News, Jul 15»
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Barabanki incident turns spotlight on illegal detention
The Barabanki incident wherein a woman was allegedly set to fire by cops at a police station has brought focus to illegal detention, a practice ... «Hindustan Times, Jul 15»
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Notorious Detention Center To Be Renovated – City Hall | Khmer …
Mentally ill people and young children mingle in the barren courtyard of Prey Speu detention center on Tuesday. KT Photo: Som Panha. «Khmer Times, Jul 15»
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Number of detention centre personnel redeployed to AFM posts due …
A total 18 detention centre personnel – who initially were seconded to the detention centre – have been redeployed to the Armed Forces of ... «Malta Independent Online, Jul 15»
10
Detention center chapel project to bring 'nothing but good'
The Grant Parish Detention Center soon will house an ordained minister and a chapel. Grant Parish Sheriff Steven McCain, together with more ... «Alexandria Town Talk, Jul 15»

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