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What is the past tense of detain?

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The past tense of detain is detained.

The third-person singular simple present indicative form of detain is detains.

The present participle of detain is detaining.

The past participle of detain is detained.

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Officers detained the hysterical Finn, who had numerous self-inflicted wounds.
Suspected rebel supporters were detained, tortured and extrajudicially executed.
Two companies of riot police armed with water cannon were used to disperse the workers and at least one was detained.
Participants in the program will not be detained and will be given up to 90 days in which to put their affairs in order.
He was ordered to be detained without limit later that year after pleading guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.
The youngest member of the family detained last week was one of several St John's pupils who came to Rochdale from war-torn Angola.

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