Saturday, May 30, 2015

DETAIN

WORD: DETAIN

MEANING:
1. To keep from proceeding; delay or retard: Our friends were detained by heavy traffic.
2. To keep in custody or confinement: The police detained several suspects for questioning.
3. Archaic To retain or withhold (payment or property, for example).
4. arrest, hold, capture

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Actor Inder Kumar detained on rape charges.
2. Custom officers wanted to detain the passengers till the police came.

PRONOUNCE:
de·tain -  डिटेन / डिटैन

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