DETER


Meaning of DETER in English

verb

ADVERB

▪ hardly

Her words of warning would hardly ~ him.

▪ effectively

Will this harsher punishment effectively ~ criminals?

▪ easily

VERB + DETER

▪ be likely to , be unlikely to

▪ be enough to , be sufficient to

▪ attempt to

▪ be designed to

▪ do little to , do nothing to

The present system does little to ~ corporate crime.

PREPOSITION

▪ from

These new rules are likely to ~ people from coming forward for help.

Deter is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ aggression , ↑ buyer , ↑ crime , ↑ enemy , ↑ intruder , ↑ investor , ↑ shopper , ↑ traveller , ↑ vandal , ↑ vandalism , ↑ visitor

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .