quarantine

[ kwawr-uhn-teen, kwor-, kwawr-uhn-teen, kwor- ]

/ Ë?kwÉ”r É™nËŒtin, Ë?kwÉ’r-, ËŒkwÉ”r É™nË?tin, ËŒkwÉ’r- /

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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), quarÂ·anÂ·tined, quarÂ·anÂ·tinÂ·ing.

to put in or subject to quarantine.

to exclude, detain, or isolate for political, social, or hygienic reasons.

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Origin of quarantine

First recorded in 1600â€“10; from Italian quarantina, variant of quarantena, originally Upper Italian (Venetian): â€œperiod of forty days, group of forty,â€ derivative of quaranta â€œforty,â€ ultimately from Latin quadrÄ?gintÄ?

OTHER WORDS FROM quarantine

quarÂ·anÂ·tinÂ·aÂ·ble, adjectivequarÂ·anÂ·tinÂ·er, nounpreÂ·quarÂ·anÂ·tine, noun, verb (used with object), preÂ·quarÂ·anÂ·tined, preÂ·quarÂ·anÂ·tinÂ·ing.unÂ·quarÂ·anÂ·tined, adjective

Words nearby quarantine

Quaoar, Quapaw, Qu'Appelle, quaquaversal, quar., quarantine, quarantine anchorage, quarantine flag, quare, quark, quark model

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Â© Random House, Inc. 2021

How to use quarantine in a sentence

As experts point out, a person who can fly to another country for a vaccine is also a person most likely able to withstand a few more months of quarantine.
Donâ€™t hate the vaccine tourists, hate the vaccineÂ game|Jen Kirby|February 12, 2021|Vox
Bypassing the quarantine through advance testing has begun to reverse the trend â€” Maui visitorship in December was about one-third of normal.
A Maui vacation in three acts|Alex Pulaski|February 12, 2021|Washington Post
A member of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigiegâ€™s security detail tested positive for the coronavirus Monday, sending Buttigieg into a 14-day quarantine less than a week after being sworn in.
Buttigieg to quarantine for 14 days after security agent tests positive for coronavirus|Michael Laris|February 8, 2021|Washington Post
But, in new research conducted with Digiday, surveying more than 200 senior marketers in Europe, 58% of brands say they saw increased creativity in their in-house teams during a time of quarantine.
Quarantine drove increased creativity for in-house teams|Veronica Zegarra|February 8, 2021|Digiday

They made just one small slip-up after what they described as months of â€œtorturousâ€ quarantine.
900,000 infected. Nearly 15,000 dead. How the coronavirus tore through D.C., Maryland and Virginia.|Rebecca Tan, Antonio Olivo, John D. Harden|February 5, 2021|Washington Post
AIDS insanity:Â When running for the US Senate in 1992, Huckabee called for a quarantine of people who had AIDS.
The Devil in Mike Huckabee|Dean Obeidallah|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Adding an extra three weeks of quarantine on to every trip makes it hard to fit this coverage into our lives.
The Photojournalist Who Stared Down Ebola|Abby Haglage|November 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But the secrecy and fear surrounding the once-successful quarantine has now put the region in even greater danger.
Fighting Ebola and Starvation in Sierra Leone|Abby Haglage|November 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The quarantine had either failed by then, or did shortly after.
Fighting Ebola and Starvation in Sierra Leone|Abby Haglage|November 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But the quarantine, lifted just 10 days in, was a colossal failure.
Meet the Liberian Girls Beating Ebola|Abby Haglage|October 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The infection of the eye is very severe and dangerous, and the usual quarantine is to be observed.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine|Austin Malley
The climax to all of our troubles was the making out of our declaration and being held in quarantine at Ellis Island.
Ways of War and Peace|Delia Austrian
In 1890 cholera appeared in Tripoli and all steamers stopped calling at the port, to avoid quarantine.
Silver Chimes in Syria|W. S. Nelson
Martha's pencil followed the list down, making a light check after the name while she dialed quarantine to send in the man.
Unthinkable|Roger Phillips Graham
All I can say is that full quarantine measures are now in force as of fifteen minutes ago.
Unthinkable|Roger Phillips Graham

British Dictionary definitions for quarantine

quarantine

/ (Ë?kwÉ’rÉ™nËŒtiË?n) /

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 (tr)

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 for quarantine

C17: from Italian quarantina period of forty days, from quaranta forty, from Latin quadrÄ?gintÄ?

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition Â© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 Â© HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for quarantine

quarantine

[ kwÃ´râ€²É™n-tÄ“nâ€² ]

A period of time during which a vehicle, person, or material suspected of carrying a contagious disease is detained at a port of entry under enforced isolation to prevent disease from entering a country.

A place for such detention.

Enforced isolation or restriction of free movement imposed to prevent the spread of contagious disease.

A condition of enforced isolation.

A period of 40 days.

To isolate in or as if in quarantine.

Cultural definitions for quarantine

quarantine

[ (kwawr-uhn-teen, kwahr-uhn-teen) ]

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 for quarantine

The term is sometimes used politically to designate the political and economic isolation of a nation in retribution for unacceptable policies: â€œWhen Iraq invaded Kuwait, it was placed in quarantine by the nations of the world.â€

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright Â© 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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