Deter

Deter

Deter may refer to:

  • Auguste Deter (1850-1906), first person diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease
  • Deters, surname

See also

  • Deterding
  • Detergent, cleaning material
  • Deteriorate (disambiguation)
  • Determine, horse
  • Determiner (disambiguation)
  • Determinable (disambiguation)
  • Determination (disambiguation)
  • Detern, Leer, Germany
  • Deterrence (disambiguation)
  • Deterritorialization
  • All pages beginning with "Deter"
  • All pages with titles containing "Deter"

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  • deter — UK US /dɪˈtɜːr/ verb [T] ( rr ) ► to prevent someone from doing something or to make someone less enthusiastic about doing something: deter sb from doing sth »High prices deter many young people from entering the property market. »People said he… …   Financial and business terms

  • Deter — ist der Name von: Adolf Deter (* 1900; † 1969), deutscher Politiker der KPD Ina Deter (* 1947), deutsche Musikerin Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidung mehrerer mit demselben Wort bezeichneter Begriffe …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Deter — De*ter , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deterred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deterring}.] [L. deterrere; de + terrere to frighten, terrify. See {Terror}.] To prevent by fear; hence, to hinder or prevent from action by fear of consequences, or difficulty, risk, etc …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • deter — I verb absterrere, avert, avoid, ban, bar, barricade, block, blunt, caution, check, chill, circumscribe, constrict, cow, cramp, cumber, dampen, deflect, deny access, deterrere, detour, discommode, discountenance, discourage, disenchant,… …   Law dictionary

  • deter — |ê| v. tr. 1. Fazer parar. 2. Sustar. 3. Suspender. 4. Conservar em detenção. • v. pron. 5. Parar; demorar se. 6. Conter se; reprimir se.   ‣ Etimologia: latim detineo, ere, ter afastado, deter, reter, ocupar …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • Deter — Deter,   Ina, Rocksängerin und gitarristin, * Berlin 14. 1. 1947; begann als Liedermacherin (»Wenn du so bist wie dein Lachen«), wandte sich Ende der 70er Jahre mit eigener Band der Rockmusik zu. Ihre Songs beschäftigen sich v. a. mit politischen …   Universal-Lexikon

  • deter — 1570s, from L. deterrere to frighten from, discourage from, from de away (see DE (Cf. de )) + terrere frighten (see TERRIBLE (Cf. terrible)). Deterrent is from 1829 …   Etymology dictionary

  • deter — *dissuade, discourage, divert Analogous words: *prevent (sense 2): *hinder, impede, obstruct, block: debar, shut out (see EXCLUDE): *frighten, scare: *restrain, inhibit …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • deter — has inflected forms deterred, deterring, and also doubles the r in the derivative forms deterrence and deterrent (both pronounced with ter as in ten) …   Modern English usage

  • deter — [v] check, inhibit from action act like a wet blanket*, avert, block, caution, chill, cool, damp, dampen, daunt, debar, disadvise, discourage, dissuade, divert, forestall, forfend, frighten, hinder, impede, intimidate, obstruct, obviate, preclude …   New thesaurus

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