Meaning

1 senses
  1. Something that deters.

    Abschreckung

    сре́дство устраше́нияsrédstvo ustrašénija

More definitions
  • something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress

Examples

8 sentences
  1. Don't let that be a deterrent.

  2. I think this would act as a deterrent.

  3. That would act as a deterrent, don't you think?

  4. Cold and darkness are no deterrents for him.

  5. General prosperity and satisfaction are the best deterrents to revolution.

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Translations

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Русский
By meaning 1
something that deters:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
something that deters:

Origin

Learned borrowing from Latin dēterrēns, dēterrentem.

Learned borrowing from Latin dēterrēns, dēterrentem.

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Forms

plural: deterrents
Singulardeterrent
Pluraldeterrents

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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