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- [kwawr-uh n-teen, kwor-, kwawr-uh n-teen, kwor-]
- /ˈkwɔr ənˌtin, ˈkwɒr-, ˌkwɔr ənˈtin, ˌkwɒr-/
- /ˈkwɒr.ən.tiːn/
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- [kwawr-uh n-teen, kwor-, kwawr-uh n-teen, kwor-]
- /ˈkwɔr ənˌtin, ˈkwɒr-, ˌkwɔr ənˈtin, ˌkwɒr-/
Definitions of quarantine word
- noun quarantine a strict isolation imposed to prevent the spread of disease. 1
- noun quarantine a period, originally 40 days, of detention or isolation imposed upon ships, persons, animals, or plants on arrival at a port or place, when suspected of carrying some infectious or contagious disease. 1
- noun quarantine a system of measures maintained by governmental authority at ports, frontiers, etc., for preventing the spread of disease. 1
- noun quarantine the branch of the governmental service concerned with such measures. 1
- noun quarantine a place or station at which such measures are carried out, as a special port or dock where ships are detained. 1
- noun quarantine the detention or isolation enforced. 1
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Origin of quarantine
First appearance:
before 1600 One of the 39% oldest English words
1600-10; < Italian quarantina, variant of quarantena, orig. Upper Italian (Venetian): period of forty days, group of forty, derivative of quaranta forty ≪ Latin quadrāgintā
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Parts of speech for Quarantine
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quarantine popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 87% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
quarantine usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for quarantine
noun quarantine
- isolation — an act or instance of isolating.
- seclusion — an act of secluding: the seclusion of unruly students.
- confinement — Confinement is the state of being forced to stay in a prison or another place which you cannot leave.
- solitary confinement — the confinement of a prisoner in a cell or other place in which he or she is completely isolated from others.
- cordon sanitaire — a guarded line serving to cut off an infected area
verb quarantine
- isolate — to set or place apart; detach or separate so as to be alone.
- seclude — to place in or withdraw into solitude; remove from social contact and activity, etc.
- set apart — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- confine — To confine something to a particular place or group means to prevent it from spreading beyond that place or group.
- separate — to keep apart or divide, as by an intervening barrier or space: to separate two fields by a fence.
Antonyms for quarantine
noun quarantine
- integration — an act or instance of combining into an integral whole.
verb quarantine
- integrate — to bring together or incorporate (parts) into a whole.
- release — to lease again.
- combine — If you combine two or more things or if they combine, they exist together.
- desegregate — To desegregate something such as a place, institution, or service means to officially stop keeping the people who use it in separate groups, especially groups that are defined by race.
- free — enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
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