A surname from German.

(transitive) To prevent something from happening. / (transitive) To persuade someone not to do something; to discourage. / (transitive) To distract someone from something.

The act of deterring; deterrence.

plural of determent

simple past tense and past participle of deter

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deter

present participle of deter

A surname.

plural of Deter

(grammar) A member of a class of words functioning in a noun phrase to identify or distinguish a referent without describing or modifying it.