Meaning

6 senses

  1. (transitive)To stop or slow (a process, course etc.).

    arretieren

    заде́рживатьzadérživatʹ, задержа́тьzaderžátʹ, остана́вливатьostanávlivatʹ

  2. (transitive)To seize (someone) with the authority of the law; to take into legal custody.

    The police have arrested a suspect in the murder inquiry.

    The suspect merchant ship has been arrested by customs officers.

    festnehmen, verhaften, arrestieren

    аресто́выватьarestóvyvatʹ, арестова́тьarestovátʹ

    арешто́вуватиareštóvuvaty, заарешто́вуватиzaareštóvuvaty, арештува́тиareštuváty

    take into custody

  3. (transitive)To catch the attention of.

    прико́выватьprikóvyvatʹ, прикова́тьprikovátʹ

  4. (intransitive)To undergo cardiac arrest.

  5. (obsolete, transitive)To stop the motion of (a person, animal, or body part).

  6. (intransitive, obsolete)To stay, remain.

Examples

1849 sentences

  1. Are you here to arrest me?

    Ти тут, щоб мене заарештувати? — deniko

    ruТы здесь, чтобы арестовать меня? — Selena777

    deSind Sie hier, um mich zu verhaften? — dinkel_girl

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  2. I want Tom arrested for murder.

    Я хочу, щоб Тома заарештували за вбивство. — deniko

    ruЯ хочу, чтобы Том был арестован за убийство. — Olya

    deIch will, dass Tom wegen Mordes verhaftet wird. — al_ex_an_der

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  3. Tom and Mary have been arrested.

    Том та Мері були заарештовані. — deniko

    ruТом и Мэри были арестованы. — Balamax

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  4. Tom was arrested at his home.

    Тома заарештували у себе вдома. — deniko

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  5. Aren't you going to arrest me?

    Хіба ти мене не заарештуєш? — deniko

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to take into legal custody:
Русский
By meaning 3
to stop or slow a process etc.:
to take into legal custody:
to catch the attention of:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to stop or slow a process etc.:
to take into legal custody:

Origin

From Middle English arest (noun) and aresten (verb), from Old French areste (noun) and are

From Middle English arest (noun) and aresten (verb), from Old French areste (noun) and arester (“to stay, stop”, verb), from Vulgar Latin *arrestō, from Latin ad- (“to”) + restō (“to stop, remain behind, stay back”), from re- (“back”) + stō (“to stand”), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”), equivalent to ad- + rest. Compare French arrêter (“to stop”).

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Forms

arrests, arresting, arrested, arrested
Base formarrest · to arrest
3rd person singulararrests
Present participlearresting
Past simplearrested
Past participlearrested

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyarrest
he, she, itarrests

Past simpleLesson

all personsarrested

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave arrested
he, she, ithas arrested

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill arrest

Synonyms

23 synonyms
to stop the motion of:freezeA2
to stop or slow a process:ceaseB2
to seize someone:apprehendC2
to catch the attention of:attractB1
seizeB1dazzleB1engageB1haltdiscontinueentice
Close in meaning

Word family

12 related words
Relatedarrestationarrester
Deriveddearrestunarrestarrestabilityarrestablearresteearrestingarrestivearrestmentarrest-me-redrearrest

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • got arrested
  • has been arrested
  • was arrested for
  • the police arrested
  • to be arrested
  • police arrested
  • will be arrested
  • under arrest
  • police might arrest
  • arrested for doing
  • got arrested for
  • who got arrested

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
arrangementB1arrayarrearsarrhythmiaarrivalB1arriveA1arrogance

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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