detention centre
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4.6
- noun
- /dɪˈtɛnʃən ˈsɛntər/
- UK
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centro de detención
- So, if you decide to fight deportation, you'll have to stay in this detention center until your removal hearing.
- juvenile detention centre
CIA is an intelligence agency, and it shouldn't be running detention centers.
- CIA is an intelligence agency, and it shouldn't be running detention centers.
- Imagine your Border Protection agency on your southern border is tied up guarding detention centers.
- And they will go to a detention centre, which is probably the right thing, but it doesn't make them poor little misguided children.
- You're not going to set that in a juvenile detention center.
- Borstal detention centre, prison, approved school, they were all over the country.
- And trust me, detention centre in those days was tough.
- He has a pretty strong criminal justice reform, wants to end private prisons and detention centers, end cash bail.
- No more detention centers, no more visas, no more language tests or income requirements.
Examples
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The duo had been held in a Moscow detention center since their arrests in March.
Blog text (2) -
Barnardo's is to run welfare services for children and families held in the government's proposed detention centre near Gatwick Airport.
Academic text (2011) -
Uh, well, when we were in the detention center, we had classes, two classes for the entire day.
Academic text (2013) -
It's a juvenile detention center.
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And she actually did three months in an Italian detention center for credit card fraud.
Fiction book (2002) -
The only place you're going is a federal detention center.
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We know that this Government detains children in detention centres here in the UK.
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Westmount is a juvenile detention center for the criminally insane.
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Six years ago, a web-based educational program was piloted in one of the juvenile detention centers in northwest Arkansas.
Academic text (2008) -
The government built a new detention centre to house refugees awaiting their immigration hearings.
Synonyms
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1.0
A building where people are kept as punishment or while waiting for their trial
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8.2
A large room where many arrested people are kept together by the police for a short time
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4.4
A large room in a jail or police station where officers keep several people for a short time
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3.2
A place where refugees or migrants are kept temporarily while officials decide if they can enter the country
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7.7
A place where young people who broke the law are kept by the court for a short time
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a place where people are held in custody' is directly and transparently composed from 'detention' (being kept in custody) + 'centre' (a place). This straightforward noun‑noun composition follows common English and cross‑linguistic patterns (e.g., 'center of X' / 'centre de X'), so a B1 learner knowing both words will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Detention centre comes from the clear image of a building where people are kept for a short time. Detention means being kept and centre means a place, so it refers to a place where people are 'held' while their case or status is decided.