English to Portuguese Meaning of detention - detenção

Detention :

detenção

noun

detenção, Barra, obstrução, obstáculo, limitação, obrigatório

Detention :: detençãoDetentions :: detenções

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Definitions of detention in English

Noun(1) a state of being confined (usually for a short time(2) a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home

Examples of detention in English

(1) Thousands are being held at huge detention camps set up by US forces around Baghdad.(2) one of the effects of police detention is isolation from friends and family(3) He was sentenced to periods of detention in a Young Offenders' Institution.(4) to be in detention(5) His army medical records note that immediately after his arrest he was examined and found to be fit for detention .(6) The effect of the original bill would also have been to allow house arrest and detention without trial.(7) Then I turned my back on him and wouldn't talk to him for the rest of the detention .(8) The detention of all mandatory life prisoners in open conditions is subject to automatic review.(9) The adjudicator surmises that if the appellant were in detention the police would not be searching for him.(10) They also will be given notice of the basis for their detention , officials said.(11) Surely measures short of detention should be tried first and detention should be regarded as the last resort.(12) She has in my view made up a story of arrest and detention between May and September 1999.(13) His detention in custody beyond his criminal sentences has gone on long enough.(14) Firstly, if a person is not currently in detention , they can be detained at any time.(15) he has made students fear after-school detention(16) she got detention for not having her books

Related Phrases of detention

(1) detention center ::

Centro de Detenção

(2) in detention ::

em detenção

(3) detention charges ::

custos de detenção

(4) preventive detention ::

prisão preventiva

(5) detention camp ::

campo de concentração

Related Phrases of detention

(1) detention center ::

Centro de Detenção

(2) in detention ::

em detenção

(3) detention charges ::

custos de detenção

(4) preventive detention ::

prisão preventiva

(5) detention camp ::

campo de concentração

Synonyms

Noun

1. custody ::

custódia

3. confinement ::

confinamento

4. incarceration ::

encarceramento

7. captivity ::

cativeiro

8. arrest ::

prender

9. house arrest ::

prisão domiciliar

10. quarantine ::

quarentena

11. punishment ::

punição

12. discipline ::

disciplina

Antonyms

1. discharge ::

descarga

2. release ::

lançamento

Different Forms

detention, detentions

Word Example from TV Shows

He has a DETENTION warrant.

Money Heist Season 1, Episode 8

$the immediate end\Nto this illegal detention$

the immediate end
to this illegal DETENTION

Money Heist Season 3, Episode 2

Yeah, I didn't stay for the DETENTION,

The Big Bang Theory Season 7, Episode 2

be the John Dillinger of the Metropolitan Detention Center. How bad is that?

Breaking Bad Season 5, Episode 15

Examples of detention from TV Shows

He has a DETENTION warrant.

Money Heist Season 1, Episode 8

$the immediate end\Nto this illegal detention$

the immediate end
to this illegal DETENTION

Money Heist Season 3, Episode 2

Yeah, I didn't stay for the DETENTION,

The Big Bang Theory Season 7, Episode 2

be the John Dillinger of the Metropolitan Detention Center. How bad is that?

Breaking Bad Season 5, Episode 15

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