DETER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Irregular inflected forms: deterred , deterring

I. (verb)

Verb forms

Present simple: I / you / we / they deter ... he / she / it deters

Past simple: deterred

Past participle: deterred

-ing form: deterring

Sense 1

Meaning:

Turn away from by persuasion

Example:

Negative campaigning will only dissuade people

Synonyms:

deter; dissuade

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "deter" is one way to...):

advise; counsel; rede (give advice to)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "deter"):

talk out of (persuade someone not to do something)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence examples:

Sam cannot deter Sue

They deter him to write the letter

Derivation:

determent; deterrence (a communication that makes you afraid to try something)

deterrent (tending to deter)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Try to prevent; show opposition to

Example:

We should discourage this practice among our youth

Synonyms:

deter; discourage

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "deter" is one way to...):

disapprove; reject (deem wrong or inappropriate)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Derivation:

deterrence (the act or process of discouraging actions or preventing occurrences by instilling fear or doubt or anxiety)

deterrent (something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress)