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Meaning of
quarantine
in English
quarantine
us
/kwɑːrˈtīn/
uk
/kwɒrˈtɪn/
#common
Plural
quarantines
Past Tense
quarantined
Participle Verb
quarantining
Third Person Singular
quarantines
Definitions
Noun
a
period
of
isolation
from
public
;
preventing
disease
spread
a
place
for
enforcing
isolation
(
lazaret
,
etc
.)
detention
of
ships
at
port
;
disease
suspicion
an
area
for
isolating
potentially
infected
persons
isolation
period
for
disease
detection
rigorous
isolation
measure
;
any
reason
state
of
rigid
self-enforced
isolation
isolating
a
program
or
system
(
from
a
network
);
limiting
damage
Verb
to
isolate
as
a
sanitary
measure
to
isolate
something
(
or
someone
)
to
prevent
disease
spread
