English to English Dictionary

Detention-cell

A secure, typically small room in a police station, courthouse, or prison used for temporarily holding suspects or prisoners.

Deter

To discourage someone from doing something, typically by instilling doubt or fear of the consequences.

Detergent

A substance used for cleaning, especially in laundry and dishwashing.

Deteriorate

To become progressively worse.

Deterioration

The process or fact of becoming progressively worse.

Determinable

Capable of being definitively ascertained, decided, or identified.

Determination

Firmness of purpose; resoluteness.

Determinative

Serving to define, characterize, or decisively influence something.

Determine

To cause something to occur in a particular way; to be the decisive factor in.

Determined

Having made a firm decision and not letting anything prevent you from doing what you have decided to do.

Determiner

A modifying word that determines the kind of reference a noun has, such as a determiner, article, demonstrative, or quantifier.

Determining

To establish the exact limits, nature, or quality of something.