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Definition: DETERRED |
DETERREDImperative & past participle1. Of Deter |
Date "DETERRED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
Crosswords: DETERRED |
| English words defined with "DETERRED": advisement ♦ deliberation ♦ Stick ♦ undeterred, undiscouraged ♦ weighing. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "DETERRED": Afraid ♦ Seamstress. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "DETERRED": Deter. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Charles Darwin | I am not very skeptical... a good deal of skepticism in a scientific man is advisable to avoid much loss of time, but I have met not a few men, who... have often thus been deterred from experiments or observations which would have proven servicable. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | They passed over the pond toward Fair Haven, seemingly deterred from settling by my light, their commodore honking all the while with a regular beat |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | While previously high telephone tariffs have deterred Internet usage, ISPs have introduced new pricing plans to target different segments. (references) | |
The quality difference between IP and circuit switched calls and the possibility of call disruptions due to power outages or bandwidth limitations have deterred adoption. (references) | ||
The average user of CDMA mobile phones in China is pleased with the service stating that connections are clear and rarely cut off. Nonetheless, many potential subscribers are hesitant to invest their money in CDMA mobile phone purchases, being deterred by the uncertainty of China’s current policy toward CDMA development. (references) | ||
Economic History | Taiwan | Cross-strait tensions have not deterred foreign investors from coming to Taiwan. (references) |
Uzbekistan | Unfortunately, an inconvertible currency, restrictive trade practices, and a heavy layer of bureaucracy have deterred foreign investment and hampered economic growth. (references) | |
Senegal | The Dakar-Bamako rail route, jointly operated by the "Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer du Senegal" (SNCFS) and the "Société des Chemins de Fer du Mali" (SCFM), is primarily a freight route (95 percent, 5 passenger), and has been scheduled for privatization since 1998. However, the company's weak financial state has deterred interested buyers. (references) | |
Human Rights | Sri Lanka | Some human rights observers believe that the work of the committee deterred random arrests and alleviated problems encountered by detainees and their families. (references) |
Minorities | Peru | However, the law has not deterred significantly discriminatory practices. (references) |
Women | Ghana | The Commissioner stated that the fees, which range between $2.85 and $14.20 (20,000 and 100,000 cedis), deterred many poor women from pursuing their cases. (references) |
Worker Rights | Madagascar | The code requires workers to exhaust conciliation, mediation, and arbitration procedures before striking; however, these requirements have not deterred significantly any strikes. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "DETERRED" is generally used as a lexical verb (past participle) -- approximately 87.74% of the time. "DETERRED" is used about 212 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 87.74% | 186 | 22,556 |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 11.79% | 25 | 69,787 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.47% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 212 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "DETERRED"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 阻止 (Damped, Damping, Debar, Debarred, Debarring, Deter, Deterring, forestall, Forestalled, forestalling, Preclude, Precluded, Precluding). (various references) | |
German | abgeschreckt. (various references) | |
Hebrew | מורתע (startled, taken aback). (various references) | |
Korean | 제지하는 (restrained). (various references) | |
Manx | currit jeh (postponed), cumrit (detained, hindered), castit (censored, defeated, inhibited, overcome, quenched, repressed, restrained, suspended). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eterredday.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "DETERRED": undeterred. (additional references) | |
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"DETERRED" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: detered, deterre, detreed. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "DETERRED" (pronounced duter"d) |
| 5 | d u t er" d | undeterred. |
| 3 | -t er" d | interred, stirred. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-d-e-e-e-r-r-t" | |
-2 letters: redder, reeded, tedder. | |
-3 letters: deter, dreed, erred, reded, treed. | |
-4 letters: deed, deer, deet, dere, dree, redd, rede, reed, rete, teed, tree. | |
-5 letters: dee, ere, err, red, ree, ret, ted, tee. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-d-e-e-e-r-r-t" | |
+1 letter: retreaded. | |
+2 letters: redirected, rethreaded, retroceded, undeterred. | |
+3 letters: redecorated. | |
+4 letters: decerebrated, deteriorated, intermeddler, overdirected, reaccredited, redetermined, underreacted, understeered. | |
+5 letters: headquartered, intermeddlers, overdecorated, predetermined, preponderated, redintegrated, tenderhearted, transgendered, underreported. | |
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