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Collins Primary Illustrated Dictionary

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detach detaches, detaching, detached

VERB If you detach something, you remove or unfasten it.

detachable ADJECTIVE

detached

ADJECTIVE separate or standing apart • It was a detached house, standing alone at the top of the hill.

detail details

NOUN 1 an individual fact or feature of something • I remember every detail of that film.

PLURAL NOUN 2 Details about something are information about it. For example, your details might be your name and address.

detain detains, detaining, detained

VERB If you detain someone, you keep them from going somewhere or doing something.

detect detects, detecting, detected

VERB If you detect something, you notice or find it. • X-rays can detect broken bones.

detective detectives

NOUN a person, usually a police officer, whose job is to investigate crimes

detector detectors

NOUN an instrument used to detect the presence of something • a metal detector

detention

NOUN 1 a form of punishment in which a pupil is made to stay in school for extra time when other children do not have to

2 arrest or imprisonment

deter deters, deterring, deterred

VERB If you deter someone from doing something, you persuade them not to do it or try to stop them in some way.

detergent detergents

NOUN a chemical substance used for washing or cleaning things

deteriorate deteriorates, deteriorating, deteriorated

VERB If something deteriorates, it gets worse.

deterioration NOUN

determination

NOUN a great strength and will to do something

determined

ADJECTIVE having your mind firmly made up • She was determined to pass her exams.

deterrent deterrents

NOUN something that prevents people from doing something, usually by making them afraid to do it • We have a car alarm as a deterrent to car thieves.

detest detests, detesting, detested

VERB If you detest someone or something, you dislike them intensely.

[from Latin detestari meaning to curse]

detestable ADJECTIVE

detonate detonates, detonating, detonated

VERB If someone detonates a bomb or mine, they cause it to explode.

detonation NOUN detonator NOUN

detour detours

NOUN If you make a detour on a journey, you go by a longer or less direct route.

devastate devastates, devastating, devastated

VERB A place that has been devastated has been severely damaged or destroyed.

devastation NOUN

develop develops, developing, developed

VERB 1 When something develops, it grows or becomes more advanced.

2 If you develop photographs or film, you produce a visible image from them.

development developments

NOUN gradual growth or progress • There have been great developments in technology over the past fifty years.

device devices
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