Vocabulix

Verb conjugation of "detain" in English

Conjugate the verb detain

Present

I detain
you detain
...

Past

he detained
we have detained
...

Future

will detain
...

Conditional

would detain
...

Conjunctive

...

Present

I detain
you detain
he detains
we detain
you detain
they detain

Perfect

I have detained
you have detained
he has detained
we have detained
you have detained
they have detained

Past

I detained
you detained
he detained
we detained
you detained
they detained

Pluperfect

I had detained
you had detained
he had detained
we had detained
you had detained
they had detained

Future

I will detain
you will detain
he will detain
we will detain
you will detain
they will detain

Future perfect

I will have detained
you will have detained
he will have detained
we will have detained
you will have detained
they will have detained

Present Conjunctive

I detain
you detain
he detain
we detain
you detain
they detain

Perfect Conjunctive

I have detained
you have detained
he have detained
we have detained
you have detained
they have detained

Past Conjunctive

I detained
you detained
he detained
we detained
you detained
they detained

Pluperfect Conjunctive

I had detained
you had detained
he had detained
we had detained
you had detained
they had detained

Present Conditional

I would detain
you would detain
he would detain
we would detain
you would detain
they would detain

Perfect Conditional

I would have detained
you would have detained
he would have detained
we would have detained
you would have detained
they would have detained

Sample sentences

English

The police will detain the suspect for questioning.

They detained him for a few hours.

She is being detained at the station.

I will detain the package until you arrive.

He was detained last night.

They have detained several people during the protest.

The authorities may detain anyone who breaks the law.

We are detaining the evidence for further investigation.

She was detained by immigration officers.

I have to detain you for a moment.

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