Hyphenation of detain

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word detain? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

de-tain

Definitions of detain:

1.	Deprive of freedom Take into confinement
2.	Stop or halt Please stay the bloodshed!
3.	Cause to be slowed down or delayed Traffic was delayed by the bad weather She delayed the work that she didn't want to perform

Synonyms of detain:

verb	confine
verb	stay, delay, check, retard, delay
verb	delay, hold up, decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up, retard

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.