detainee

«detainee» in Mova's school dictionary: kept in prison or held by the police or the army, often… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a detainee, detainees)

meaning for a pupil

A person who is kept in prison or held by the police or the army, often without a trial yet. tree →

sense in the lessons

In news, history and law: detainees in a war or police station; their rights. Formal word. Related: prisoner, suspect.

examples

• The detainee asked to see a lawyer. tree →
• All detainees have the right to food and water. tree →
• The detainees were released after questioning. tree →
• The report described how detainees were treated. tree →
• Each detainee was given a blanket. tree →
• The police took the detainee to the station. tree →

note

Ending -ee means the person something is done to (employee, trainee, detainee). Stress: dee-tay-NEE. Not the same as a convicted prisoner.

In the corpora

• "Detainee" means a prisoner, often held without trial (never judged in a court).

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «detainee» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.