The probability that we may fall in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just; it shall not deter me.
Source: tatoeba (1922785)
Deter
//dɪˈtɜː//
Synonyms for "deter" (75 found)
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Related words (37)
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1 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
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5 entriesTranslations
76 translations across 24 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀποτρέπω verb (to persuade someone not to do something)
Arabic
1 entries- رَدَعَ verb (to prevent something from happening)
Bulgarian
2 entries- възпирам verb (to prevent something from happening)
- разубеждавам verb (to persuade someone not to do something)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 防止 verb (to prevent something from happening)
- 阻止 verb (to prevent something from happening)
- 預防 /预防 verb (to prevent something from happening)
Czech
3 entries- odradit verb (to persuade someone not to do something)
- odstrašit verb (to persuade someone not to do something)
- odvrátit verb (to prevent something from happening)
Dutch
2 entries- ontmoedigen verb (to persuade someone not to do something)
- verhinderen verb (to prevent something from happening)
Finnish
3 entries- estellä verb (to persuade someone not to do something)
- estää verb (to prevent something from happening)
- pidätellä verb (to persuade someone not to do something)
French
3 entries- dissuader verb (to persuade someone not to do something)
- décourager verb (to persuade someone not to do something)
- empêcher verb (to prevent something from happening)
German
4 entries- abbringen verb (to persuade someone not to do something)
- abhalten verb (to persuade someone not to do something)
- ablenken verb (to distract someone from something)
- abwenden verb (to prevent something from happening)
Hungarian
1 entries- elrettent verb (to prevent something from happening)
Icelandic
1 entries- hindra verb (to prevent something from happening)
Italian
2 entries- prevenire verb (to prevent something from happening)
- scoraggiare verb (to persuade someone not to do something)
Japanese
4 entries- 思い止まらせる verb (to persuade someone not to do something)
- 抑止する verb (to persuade someone not to do something)
- 防ぐ verb (to prevent something from happening)
- 阻む verb (to prevent something from happening)
Lithuanian
1 entries- atgrasyti verb (to persuade someone not to do something)
Māori
4 entries- kaiwaenga verb (to prevent something from happening)
- taitu verb (to persuade someone not to do something)
- whakapāhunu verb (to prevent something from happening)
- whakapāhunu verb (to persuade someone not to do something)
Norwegian
2 entries- avskrekke verb (to persuade someone not to do something)
- forhindre verb (to prevent something from happening)
Portuguese
3 entries- desencorajar verb (to persuade someone not to do something)
- dissuadir verb (to persuade someone not to do something)
- impedir verb (to prevent something from happening)
Romanian
4 entries- deconsilia verb (to persuade someone not to do something)
- descuraja verb (to persuade someone not to do something)
- opri verb (to prevent something from happening)
- împiedica verb (to prevent something from happening)
Russian
4 entries- отгова́ривать verb (to persuade someone not to do something)
- отговори́ть verb (to persuade someone not to do something)
- предотврати́ть verb (to prevent something from happening)
- предотвраща́ть verb (to prevent something from happening)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- odgovoriti verb (to persuade someone not to do something)
- odvratiti verb (to persuade someone not to do something)
- osujetiti verb (to prevent something from happening)
- spriječiti verb (to prevent something from happening)
Slovak
3 entries- odradiť verb (to persuade someone not to do something)
- odstrašiť verb (to persuade someone not to do something)
- odvrátiť verb (to prevent something from happening)
Slovene
2 entries- odvrniti verb (to persuade someone not to do something)
- preprečiti verb (to prevent something from happening)
Spanish
4 entries- desalentar verb (to persuade someone not to do something)
- deterrer verb (to persuade someone not to do something)
- disuadir verb (to prevent something from happening)
- disuadir verb (to persuade someone not to do something)
Swedish
4 entries- avråda verb (to persuade someone not to do something)
- avskräcka verb (to persuade someone not to do something)
- avstyra verb (to prevent something from happening)
- förhindra verb (to prevent something from happening)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
You will not deter me!
Source: tatoeba (6601997)
Could we aspire to a more peaceful world if everyone had their whole lives mandatorily recorded by the government? Would it deter criminals and eliminate crime? Would we at last be able to walk at night anywhere without fear?
Source: tatoeba (8281777)
His ominous words did not deter Mary.
Source: tatoeba (9722832)
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