Information about the word abstain (English → Esperanto: deteni sin)

Synonyms: refrain, forbear

Part of speechverb
Pronunciation/əbˈsteɪ̯n/, /æbˈsteɪ̯n/
Hyphenationab·stain
Shavian alphabet𐑩𐑚𐑕𐑑𐑱𐑯, 𐑨𐑚𐑕𐑑𐑱𐑯
Deseret alphabet𐐰𐐺𐑅𐐻𐐩𐑌

Conjugation

Indicative mood
Present tensePast tense
(I) abstain(I) abstained
(thou) abstainest(thou) abstainedst
(he) abstains, abstaineth(he) abstained
(we) abstain(we) abstained
(you) abstain(you) abstained
(they) abstain(they) abstained
Subjunctive mood
Present tensePast tense
(I) abstain (I) abstained
(thou) abstain(thou) abstained
(he) abstain(he) abstained
(we) abstain(we) abstained
(you) abstain(you) abstained
(they) abstain(they) abstained
Imperative mood
abstain
Participles
Present participlePast participle
abstainingabstained

Usage samples

I fear that voters, bemused by what was happening in Westminster, would abstain in their hundreds of thousands.

Translations

Albanianabstenoj
Catalanabstenir‐se
Dutchblanco stemmen; zich onthouden
Esperantodeteni sin
Frenchs’abstenir