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incarcerated

in·car·cer·ate
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    • UK Pronunciation
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    • [verb in-kahr-suh-reyt; adjective in-kahr-ser-it, -suh-reyt]
    • /verb ɪnˈkɑr səˌreɪt; adjective ɪnˈkɑr sər ɪt, -səˌreɪt/
    • /ɪnˈkɑː.sər.eɪt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [verb in-kahr-suh-reyt; adjective in-kahr-ser-it, -suh-reyt]
    • /verb ɪnˈkɑr səˌreɪt; adjective ɪnˈkɑr sər ɪt, -səˌreɪt/

Definitions of incarcerated word

  • verb with object incarcerated to imprison; confine. 1
  • verb with object incarcerated to enclose; constrict closely. 1
  • abbreviation INCARCERATED imprisoned. 1
  • noun incarcerated Simple past tense and past participle of incarcerate. 1
See all 4 definitions of incarcerated

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Origin of incarcerated

First appearance:

before 1520
One of the 28% oldest English words
1520-30; < Medieval Latin incarcerātus past participle of incarcerāre to imprison, equivalent to in- in-2 + carcer prison + -ātus -ate1

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Parts of speech for Incarcerated

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Incarcerated

incarcerated popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 50% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

incarcerated usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for incarcerated

adjective incarcerated

  • captive — A captive person or animal is being kept imprisoned or enclosed.
  • caged — A caged bird or animal is inside a cage.
  • detained — Simple past tense and past participle of detain.
  • defrocked — Simple past tense and past participle of defrock.
  • imprisoned — to confine in or as if in a prison.

verb incarcerated

  • behind bars — If you say that someone is behind bars, you mean that they are in prison.
All 14 Synonyms of incarcerated

Antonyms for incarcerated

verb incarcerated

  • freed — enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
  • liberated — to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
  • released — to free from confinement, bondage, obligation, pain, etc.; let go: to release a prisoner; to release someone from a debt.
  • canceled — to make void; revoke; annul: to cancel a reservation.
  • ceased — to stop; discontinue: Not all medieval beliefs have ceased to exist.
All 6 Antonyms of incarcerated

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