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Definition: Deterrent |
DeterrentAdjective1. Tending to deter; "the deterrent effects of high prices". Noun1. Something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "deterrent" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1788. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Language | A thing or factor which deters or tends to deter. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: DeterrentSynonyms: handicap (n), hindrance (n), impediment (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Deterrent |
| English words defined with "deterrent": potency, power, powerfulness. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Based on the findings of the report, my conclusion was that this idea was not a practical deterrent for reasons which at this moment must be all too obvious (Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb; writing credit: Peter George; Stanley Kubrick) The idea being that each army would act as each other's deterrent. However there was one slight flaw in the plan (Blackadder Goes Forth; writing credit: Richard Curtis; Ben Elton) | |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Foreign exchange issues are also a deterrent to foreign investment. (references) | |
Inadequate protection of intellectual property rights (IPR) is a critical deterrent to foreign investment in Russia and has been a burning issue for foreign businesses, operating in Russia, for years. (references) | ||
The steering wheel lock is by far the most popular type. They are regularly chosen by owners of older vehicles who, often mistakenly, feel that their vehicle is at a lesser risk than a newer, more expensive car. They do, however, act as a visible deterrent on cars lacking any alternative forms of protection. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Kazakhstan | Some groups consider these costs to be a deterrent to registration. (references) |
Seychelles | The license fees for a private radio or television station were $151,200 (SR 800,000) per year, while newspaper publishing licenses are $760 (SR 4,000) plus a bank guarantee of $19,000 (SR 100,000). The high fees were a deterrent to the establishment of private radio and television stations. (references) | |
Economic History | North Korea | The United States and South Korea continue to believe that the U.S. troop presence remains an effective deterrent. (references) |
Human Rights | Yemen | The Government's prosecution of persons charged with kidnaping appears to have had a deterrent effect. (references) |
Ukraine | Punishment administered for committing or condoning such activities did not serve as an effective deterrent to the further practice of such abuses. (references) | |
Pakistan | Government officials and police believed that the deterrent effect of the Act's death penalty provisions contributed to the reduction in sectarian violence after its passage. (references) | |
Political Economy | Congo | It largely was ineffective as either a deterrent to human rights abuses or as a corrective force. (references) |
REPUBLIC OF KOREA | The quota acts as a deterrent to imported films, cinema construction, and the expansion of theatrical distribution. (references) | |
KUWAIT | The U.S. Trade Representative listed Kuwait in 2001 on the "Special 301" Watch List primarily for lack of sustained and deterrent enforcement actions. (references) | |
Trade | Tanzania | Corruption is a serious problem and also can be a deterrent to investors. (references) |
Women | Yemen | However, the expense of hiring a lawyer is a significant deterrent, as is the necessity for rural women to travel to a city to present their case. (references) |
Italy | Telefono Rosa reports that previous ad hoc sexual harassment provisions in labor contracts have worked as a deterrent to workplace harassment both in the public and private sectors. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Poland | However, penalties are minimal and are not an effective deterrent. (references) |
Austria | A major deterrent to victim cooperation is widespread fear of retribution, both in Austria and in the victims' countries of origin. (references) | |
Nigeria | Union representatives describe the arbitration process as cumbersome and time-consuming, and an ineffective deterrent to retribution against strikers. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | The American nuclear deterrent will remain strong after SALT II. |
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| "Deterrent" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.11% of the time. "Deterrent" is used about 529 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 |
| Noun (singular) | 98.11% | 519 | 11,718 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 1.89% | 10 | 111,207 |
| Total | 100.00% | 529 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "deterrent": deterrent example ♦ nuclear deterrent ♦ ultimate deterrent. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "deterrent": deterrent-sized. | |
Ending with "deterrent": anti-deterrent, pro-deterrent. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "deterrent"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | afskrikwekkend (forbidding). (various references) | |
Albanian | tmerrues (appalling, awe inspiring, awesome, dreadful, fearful, grisly, horrific, lurid, monstrous, terrifying), sigurues (insurance, insurer), mbajtës (bearer, handler, holder, keeper, retentive, supporting, suspensory, wearer). (various references) | |
Arabic | مانع (bar, hindrance, obstacle, preventative, preventive), عائق (balk, bar, barrier, clog, difficulty, disadvantage, drag, embarrassment, encumbrance, fencing, hamper, handicap, hindrance, impediment, inconvenience, interference, jam, liability, morass, obstruction, obstructive, restraint, setback, shackle, stick, stumbling block, stymie, tie, trammel, traverse), ضابط ردع, رادع. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | спирачка (brake, counter, drag, restraint, stopper), който разубеждава, който възпира. (various references) | |
Chinese | 威慑物. (various references) | |
Czech | zastrašovací, odstrašující prostředek. (various references) | |
Danish | afskrækkende våben, afskrækkelsesstyrke. (various references) | |
Dutch | afschrikwekkend (forbidding). (various references) | |
Esperanto | fortimiga (forbidding). (various references) | |
Farsi | منع کننده , مانع شونده (Inhibiter, Repressive), ترساننده (Eerie, Scaremonger, Scarer), بازدارنده (Intercepter). (various references) | |
Finnish | pelottelukeino, pelotteluase. (various references) | |
French | force de dissuasion. (various references) | |
Frisian | om bang fan te wurden (forbidding). (various references) | |
German | Abschreckungsmittel (deterrant), abschreckend (deterrently, deterring). (various references) | |
Greek | όπλο αποτροπής, προληπτικόσ (precautionary, preventive, superstitious), προληπτικό, αναχαιτιστικόσ, αποτρεπτικό, δύναμη αποτροπής. (various references) | |
Hebrew | מרתיע, גורם מרתיע. (various references) | |
Hungarian | elrettentő példa, elrettentő eszköz, elrettentő dolog. (various references) | |
Indonesian | alat pencegah, alat penangkis. (various references) | |
Italian | spaventevole (forbidding, frightful). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | デジタル通信 (copy editor, dead, dead copy, dead end, dead heat, dead stock, dead time, deadline, deadlock, death, death education, death mask, debug, debugger, debugging, deck, deck chair, dedicate, dedication, deduction, de-escalate, de-escalation, Denebola, denier, denim, denomination, denotation, denotational, department, department store, departure, description, desk, desk plan, desk work, desk-top, desperate, desperate struggle, despotism, destination, destroyer, detached coat, detail, detector, detente, deterrent gap, Detroit, devaluation, device, digital communication, distributor cap, divider, fight to a finish, hit a batter by pitching a ball, rough sketch, to eat at Denny's), 核抑止論 (nuclear deterrent theory), 核抑止力 (nuclear deterrent force). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | デタレントギャップ (deterrent gap), かくよくしりょく (nuclear deterrent force), かくよくしろん (nuclear deterrent theory). (various references) | |
Korean | 제지 (Detention, Deterring, Restraining). (various references) | |
Manx | lhiettalagh (cloggy, counteracting, counteractive, discouraging, filibuster, handicapper, hinderer, inhibiter, inhibiting, interceptor, obstructive, obstructor, preventive, restricting, restrictive, suspensory, veto). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eterrentday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | impedimento (arrest, balk, batman, clog, cramp, delay, embargo, estoppel, gag, hindrance, hitch, impediment, let, obstacle, obstruction, patency, preclusion, preventer, prevention, preventive, stop, stoppage, trammels). (various references) | |
Romanian | de intimidare, mijloc de intimidare (disincentive), intimidare (intimidation). (various references) | |
Russian | средство сдерживания, удерживающий (retentive), сдерживающий, предохранительный (preventative, safety). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | zastrašujući (frightening, hair raising, intimidating, terrifying), zastrašujuća sila. (various references) | |
Spanish | disuasivo (dissuasive). (various references) | |
Swedish | avskräckande (discouragement, discouraging, exemplary, forbidding, formidable, warning). (various references) | |
Turkish | vazgeçiren şey, engelleyici (frustrating, inhibitive, inhibitor, prohibitive, prohibitory), caydıran kimse, caydırıcı silah, caydırıcı (disincentive, dissuasive). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | стримуючий (inhibitory, restrictive), засіб стримування. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | làm thoái chí, làm nhụt chí, cái ngăn chặn cái làm nản lòng, cái ngăn cản, cái làm thoái chí, cái làm nhụt chí, để ngăn chặn (inhibitive, inhibitory), để ngăn cản, để cản trở làm nản lòng. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "deterrent": deterrently, deterrents. (additional references) | |
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"Deterrent" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: deterant, deterent, deterrant, deterre, deterreny, detterrent. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "deterrent" (pronounced duter"runt) |
| 4 | -r u n t | apparent, arrant, aberrant, abhorrent, adherent, celebrant, coherent, Courant, immigrant, declarant, emigrant, entrant, errant, flagrant, fragrant, grandparent, hydrant, incoherent, indifferent, inherent, migrant, parent, quadrant, recalcitrant, registrant, seafront, torrent, transparent, tyrant, vagrant, vibrant, warrant. |
| 3 | -u n t | agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrogant, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, abandonment, abatement, abortifacient, accountant, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adjutant, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assessment, assignment, assistant, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, beneficent, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, blatant, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coincident, combatant, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, complement, compliant, component, comportment, concealment, concomitant, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, containment, contaminant, contentment, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, ignorant, immanent, imminent, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, impertinent, implement, important, impotent, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, decongestant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, determinant, detriment, development, deviant, different, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinfectant, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, dispersant, displacement, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, divestment, docent, dominant, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, eminent, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excellent, excitement, excrement, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, experiment, exponent, extant, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, harassment, hesitant, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indigent, indignant, indolent, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, installment, instant, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, militant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parliament, participant, patent, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, postponement, postretirement, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, proficient, prominent, pronouncement, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recent, recipient, recombinant, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repayment, repellent, repentant, replacement, replenishment, repugnant, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, ruminant, sacrament, salient, sealant, sediment, segment, semipermanent, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, statement, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenant, tenement, testament, tetravalent, tolerant, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, valiant, variant, vehement, verdant, vigilant, violent, virulent, wonderment. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-e-e-n-r-r-t-t" | |
-1 letter: tenderer, tentered. | |
-2 letters: detente, entered, enterer, reenter, terreen, terrene. | |
-3 letters: detent, entree, eterne, needer, netted, netter, render, rented, renter, retene, retted, teener, teeter, tender, tented, tenter, terete, terret. | |
-4 letters: deter, ender, enter, erred, rente, tenet, terne, treed, treen, trend. | |
-5 letters: deer, deet, dene, dent, dere, dree, erne, need, nerd, nett, rede, reed, rend, rent, rete. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-e-e-n-r-r-t-t" | |
+1 letter: deterrents. | |
+2 letters: deterrently, interpreted, repatterned, trendsetter. | |
+3 letters: interrelated, redintegrate, reintegrated, reorientated, tenderometer, trendsetters. | |
+4 letters: redintegrated, redintegrates, reinterpreted, tenderhearted, tenderometers. | |
+5 letters: butterfingered, endarterectomy, interconverted, interelectrode, interpermeated, interrelatedly, misinterpreted, reconcentrated, redintegrative, restrengthened. | |
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