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quarantine
[ kwawr-uhn-teen, kwor-, kwawr-uhn-teen, kwor- ]
noun
- a strict isolation imposed to prevent the spread of disease.
- 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.
- a system of measures maintained by governmental authority at ports, frontiers, etc., for preventing the spread of disease.
- the branch of the governmental service concerned with such measures.
- a place or station at which such measures are carried out, as a special port or dock where ships are detained.
- the detention or isolation enforced.
- the place, especially a hospital, where people are detained.
- a period of 40 days.
- social, political, or economic isolation imposed as a punishment, as in ostracizing an individual or enforcing sanctions against a foreign state.
verb (used with object)
- to put in or subject to quarantine.
- to exclude, detain, or isolate for political, social, or hygienic reasons.
quarantine
/ ˈɒəˌپː /
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
- to withhold (a portion of a welfare payment) from a person or group of people
quarantine
- The isolation of people who either have a contagious disease or have been exposed to one, in an attempt to prevent the spread of the disease.
Notes
Other Word Forms
- ܲa·پa· adjective
- ܲa·پe noun
- ·ܲa·پԱ noun verb (used with object) prequarantined prequarantining
- ܲ·ܲa·پԱ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of quarantine1
Word History and Origins
Origin of quarantine1
Example Sentences
After a whirlwind journey around the world, during which they were nabbed, rescued and quarantined, eight critically endangered Fijian iguanas have finally arrived at their new home at the San Diego Zoo.
As part of his sentence, Dafar was ordered to pay more than $23,500 in restitution for the cost of their quarantine.
After the investigation is complete, the Animal Control Unit will quarantine the dog for 10 days, according to police.
Atomfall is set in the rolling green landscapes of the beauty spot, but on an alternative sci-fi inspired timeline where the area surrounding the plant has become a quarantine zone.
The revenue boost comes after a sluggish period for the furniture industry, which experienced a boom during the pandemic as people quarantined and spent heavily on sprucing up their homes.
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