Word Frequency
quarantine (ˈkwɒrənˌtiːn
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Definitions
noun
- a period of isolation or detention, esp of persons or animals arriving from abroad, to prevent the spread of disease, usually consisting of the maximum known incubation period of the suspected disease
- the place or area where such detention is enforced
- any period or state of enforced isolation
verb
- to isolate in or as if in quarantine
- (Australian) to withhold (a portion of a welfare payment) from a person or group of people
Word Origin
C17: from Italian quarantina period of forty days, from quaranta forty, from Latin quadrāgintāSynonyms
View thesaurus entryTranslations for 'quarantine'
- British English: quarantine If a person or animal is in quarantine, they are kept separate from other people or animals in case they have an infectious disease.The government imposed a 10-day quarantine on all citizens returning from areas affected by the disease.ˈkwɒrənˌtiːn NOUN
- Arabic: حَجْر صِحِّي
- Brazilian Portuguese: quarentena
- Chinese: 检疫
- Croatian: karantena
- Czech: karanténa
- Danish: karantæne
- Dutch: quarantaine
- European Spanish: cuarentena
- Finnish: karanteeni
- French: quarantaine
- German: Quarantäne
- Greek: καραντίνα
- Italian: quarantena
- Japanese: 検疫期間
- Korean: 격리
- Norwegian: karantene
- Polish: kwarantanna
- Portuguese: quarentena
- Romanian: carantină carantine
- Russian: карантин
- Spanish: cuarentena
- Swedish: karantän
- Thai: สถานกักกันเพื่อป้องกันการแพร่ของเชื้อโรค
- Turkish: karantina
- Ukrainian: карантин
- Vietnamese: sự kiểm dịch
- British English: quarantine If people or animals are quarantined, they are stopped from having contact with other people or animals. VERBDogs have to be quarantined for six months before they'll let them in.
- Brazilian Portuguese: manter sob quarentena
- Chinese: 对…进行隔离对對…进進行隔离離
- European Spanish: poner en cuarentena
- French: mettre en quarantaine
- German: unter Quarantäne stellen
- Italian: mettere in quarantina
- Japanese: 隔離する
- Korean: 격리되다
- Portuguese: manter sob quarentena
- Spanish: poner en cuarentena
Example Sentences Including 'quarantine'
Despite the family's desperate quarantine precautions, the plague killed his two-year-old sister, too.Times, Sunday Times (2002)
Following the granting of the necessary quarantine and other permits, feathers were collected.SPIX'S MACAW: The Race to Save the World's Rarest Bird (2002)
George McCredie, a capable engineer, took charge but did not issue the first area quarantine order until 23 March.THE MEDICAL MYSTERIES E-OMNIBUS (2001)
He used often to marvel at the silliness of people who tried to evade the quarantine regulations.The Disposal of the Living
I knew people who'd had their animals in quarantine , you see.The Disposal of the Living
My boots are in good nick though, cleaner than the Gordon River thanks to the quarantine department at Sydney airport.Times, Sunday Times (2002)
Surely some alleviation of the financial strain on those unfortunate enough to have to undergo quarantine would encourage compliance.Globe and Mail (2003)
That might seem sensible - if it was a complete quarantine.Spiked (2003)
The outbreak has forced about 10,000 people into quarantine in Ontario.Globe and Mail (2003)
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