All 4 Uses of
deter
in
A Soldier of the Great War
- Choosing a middle door at random, he was about to put his hand on the latch but was deterred by a raspy voice from within.†
Chpt 1deterred = tried to prevent; or prevented
- "More people," Alessandro continued, undeterred, "have eaten dinner with the King of England."†
Chpt 2undeterred = not preventedstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in undeterred means not and reverses the meaning of deterred. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- The Italian side replied with a counter-barrage that failed to deter the Austrians from further shots,
Chpt 7 *deter = prevent
- You aren't deterred by anything I've told you, are you?†
Chpt 10deterred = tried to prevent; or prevented
Definitions:
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(1)
(deter) try to prevent; or prevent
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)