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May 15, 2026

English
Conjugation

detain

Language English
IndicativePresent
  • I detain
  • you detain
  • you detain
  • he/she/it detains
  • we detain
  • they detain
IndicativePreterite
  • I detained
  • you detained
  • you detained
  • he/she/it detained
  • we detained
  • they detained
IndicativePresent continuous
  • I am detaining
  • you are detaining
  • you are detaining
  • he/she/it is detaining
  • we are detaining
  • they are detaining
IndicativePresent perfect
  • I have detained
  • you have detained
  • you have detained
  • he/she/it has detained
  • we have detained
  • they have detained
IndicativeFuture
  • I will detain
  • you will detain
  • you will detain
  • he/she/it will detain
  • we will detain
  • they will detain
IndicativeFuture perfect
  • I will have detained
  • you will have detained
  • you will have detained
  • he/she/it will have detained
  • we will have detained
  • they will have detained
IndicativePast continous
  • I was detaining
  • you were detaining
  • you were detaining
  • he/she/it was detaining
  • we were detaining
  • they were detaining
IndicativePast perfect
  • I had detained
  • you had detained
  • you had detained
  • he/she/it had detained
  • we had detained
  • they had detained
IndicativeFuture continuous
  • I will be detaining
  • you will be detaining
  • you will be detaining
  • he/she/it will be detaining
  • we will be detaining
  • they will be detaining
IndicativePresent perfect continuous
  • I have been detaining
  • you have been detaining
  • you have been detaining
  • he/she/it has been detaining
  • we have been detaining
  • they have been detaining
IndicativePast perfect continuous
  • I had been detaining
  • you had been detaining
  • you had been detaining
  • he/she/it had been detaining
  • we had been detaining
  • they had been detaining
IndicativeFuture perfect continuous
  • I will have been detaining
  • you will have been detaining
  • you will have been detaining
  • he/she/it will have been detaining
  • we will have been detaining
  • they will have been detaining
ParticiplePresent
  • detaining
ParticiplePast
  • detained
Perfect participle
  • having detained

Examples

I have to personally detain them if they fail in this mission.
Every effort must be made to detain and punish the murderers.
I have to personally detain them if they fail in this mission.
Every effort must be made to detain and punish the murderers.
I have to personally detain them if they fail in this mission.
Every effort must be made to detain and punish the murderers.
I have to personally detain them if they fail in this mission.
Every effort must be made to detain and punish the murderers.