adj
Meaning 1
Serving to deter, preventing something from happening.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
deterrent
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /dɪˈtɛɹənt/
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Canada, General-American: /dɪˈtɝənt/
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noun
Meaning 2
Something that deters.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
tending to deter
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the deterrent effects of high prices
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hindrance, hinderance, impediment, balk, baulk, check, handicap
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: difficulty
Narrower terms: albatross, millstone, bind, diriment impediment, drag, obstacle, obstruction, straitjacket
History
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin dēterrēns, dēterrentem.
Across languages
Translations
36 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: предпазен (predpazen) — serving to deter
- Chinese: 威慑的 — serving to deter
- Dutch: afschrikkend — serving to deter
- Dutch: ontradend — serving to deter
- Dutch: afschrikwekkend — serving to deter
- Finnish: pidättelevä — serving to deter
- French: dissuasif — serving to deter
- Galician: disuasorio — serving to deter
- Galician: disuasivo — serving to deter
- German: abschreckend — serving to deter
- Greek: αποτρεπτικός (apotreptikós) — serving to deter
- Italian: dissuasivo — serving to deter
- Māori: whakakōroiroi — serving to deter
- Polish: odstraszający — serving to deter
- Portuguese: dissuasório — serving to deter
- Spanish: disuasivo — serving to deter
- Spanish: disuasorio — serving to deter
- Spanish: disuasor — serving to deter
- Spanish: deterrente — serving to deter
- Chinese: 威慑物 — something that deters
- Dutch: afschrikmiddel — something that deters
- Finnish: pelote — something that deters
- Finnish: pidäke — something that deters
- French: moyen de dissuasion — something that deters
- German: Abschreckung — something that deters
- Hungarian: elrettentő — something that deters
- Japanese: 抑止力 (yokushiryoku) — something that deters
- Māori: whakakōroiroi — something that deters
- Polish: odstraszacz — something that deters
- Russian: сре́дство устраше́ния (srédstvo ustrašénija) — something that deters
- Scottish Gaelic: casg — something that deters
- Spanish: disuasivo — something that deters
- Spanish: disuasor — something that deters
- Spanish: deterrente — something that deters
- Swedish: avskräckningsmedel — something that deters
- Swedish: avskräckningsvapen — something that deters