Meaning

1 senses

  1. Serving to deter, preventing something from happening.

    abschreckend

    tending to deter

Examples

8 sentences

  1. Don't let that be a deterrent.

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  2. I think this would act as a deterrent.

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

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  4. Cold and darkness are no deterrents for him.

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

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Translations

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By meaning 1
serving to deter:

Origin

Learned borrowing from Latin dēterrēns, dēterrentem.

Learned borrowing from Latin dēterrēns, dēterrentem.

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Forms

more deterrent, most deterrent
Comparativemore deterrent Lesson
Superlativemost deterrent Lesson

regular

Word family

7 related words
Relateddeterdeterrence
Deriveddeterrentlynondeterrentoverdeterrentphagodeterrentunderdeterrent

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
determineB1determinerB2deterministicdeterrencedetestC1detestableC1dethronedetonate
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