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- [uh-rest]
- /əˈrɛst/
- /əˈrest/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [uh-rest]
- /əˈrɛst/
Definitions of arrest word
- verb arrest If the police arrest you, they take charge of you and take you to a police station, because they believe you may have committed a crime. 3
- verb arrest Arrest is also a noun. 3
- verb arrest If something or someone arrests a process, they stop it continuing. 3
- verb arrest If something interesting or surprising arrests your attention, you suddenly notice it and then continue to look at it or consider it carefully. 3
- verb arrest to deprive (a person) of liberty by taking him into custody, esp under lawful authority 3
- verb arrest to seize (a ship) under lawful authority 3
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Origin of arrest
First appearance:
before 1275 One of the 13% oldest English words
1275-1325; (v.) Middle English aresten < Anglo-French, Middle French arester, < Vulgar Latin *arrestāre to stop (see ar-, rest2); (noun) Middle English arest(e) < Anglo-French, Old French, noun derivative of v.
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Parts of speech for Arrest
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
arrest popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
arrest usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for arrest
noun arrest
- capture — If you capture someone or something, you catch them, especially in a war.
- incarceration — the act of incarcerating, or putting in prison or another enclosure: The incarceration rate has increased dramatically.
- imprisonment — to confine in or as if in a prison.
- detention — Detention is when someone is arrested or put into prison, especially for political reasons.
- commitment — Commitment is a strong belief in an idea or system.
verb arrest
- incarcerate — to imprison; confine.
- seize — to take hold of suddenly or forcibly; grasp: to seize a weapon.
- apprehend — If the police apprehend someone, they catch them and arrest them.
- detain — When people such as the police detain someone, they keep them in a place under their control.
- jail — a prison, especially one for the detention of persons awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses.
Antonyms for arrest
noun arrest
- refusal — an act or instance of refusing.
- liberation — the act of liberating or the state of being liberated.
- release — to lease again.
- freedom — the state of being free or at liberty rather than in confinement or under physical restraint: He won his freedom after a retrial.
- rise — to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position: She rose and walked over to greet me. With great effort he rose to his knees.
verb arrest
- liberate — to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
- misunderstand — to take (words, statements, etc.) in a wrong sense; understand wrongly.
- loosen — to unfasten or undo, as a bond or fetter.
- take up — the act of taking.
- activate — If a device or process is activated, something causes it to start working.
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