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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
/ ˈkwɒrənˌtiːn /
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 Words From
- quaran·tina·ble adjective
- quaran·tiner noun
- pre·quaran·tine noun verb (used with object) prequarantined prequarantining
- un·quaran·tined adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of quarantine1
Word History and Origins
Origin of quarantine1
Example Sentences
AIDS insanity: When running for the US Senate in 1992, Huckabee called for a quarantine of people who had AIDS.
Adding an extra three weeks of quarantine on to every trip makes it hard to fit this coverage into our lives.
But the secrecy and fear surrounding the once-successful quarantine has now put the region in even greater danger.
The quarantine had either failed by then, or did shortly after.
But the quarantine, lifted just 10 days in, was a colossal failure.
The infection of the eye is very severe and dangerous, and the usual quarantine is to be observed.
The climax to all of our troubles was the making out of our declaration and being held in quarantine at Ellis Island.
In 1890 cholera appeared in Tripoli and all steamers stopped calling at the port, to avoid quarantine.
Martha's pencil followed the list down, making a light check after the name while she dialed quarantine to send in the man.
All I can say is that full quarantine measures are now in force as of fifteen minutes ago.
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