Quarantine
noun
A period of time when a person or animal that has a disease is kept away from others to prevent the disease from spreading.
She was put into quarantine after traveling to a country with an outbreak of the disease.
Often appears as...
- go into quarantine
- place in quarantine
noun
A place where someone is kept away from others to prevent a disease from spreading.
Patients with the virus are being treated in strict quarantine.
Often appears as...
- be in quarantine
- strict quarantine
noun
A state of time in which people are not allowed to enter or leave a building or area because of a dangerous disease.
The quarantine was lifted after the disease was eradicated from the area.
Often appears as...
- lift a quarantine
- impose a quarantine
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To isolate or keep someone or something away from others to prevent the spread of a disease.
The sick passengers were quickly quarantined by health officials.
Often appears as...
- quarantine a patient
- quarantine an animal
noun
A period of time when a person or animal that has a disease is kept away from others to prevent the disease from spreading.
She was put into quarantine after traveling to a country with an outbreak of the disease.
Often appears as...
- go into quarantine
- place in quarantine
noun
A place where someone is kept away from others to prevent a disease from spreading.
Patients with the virus are being treated in strict quarantine.
Often appears as...
- be in quarantine
- strict quarantine
noun
A state of time in which people are not allowed to enter or leave a building or area because of a dangerous disease.
The quarantine was lifted after the disease was eradicated from the area.
Often appears as...
- lift a quarantine
- impose a quarantine
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To isolate or keep someone or something away from others to prevent the spread of a disease.
The sick passengers were quickly quarantined by health officials.
Often appears as...
- quarantine a patient
- quarantine an animal
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Disease Control
Quarantine can be a strategy to contain diseases, not a punishment.
The doctors recommended quarantine to control the flu outbreak.
Pro Tip 2/2Time-specific
Quarantine usually has a set time frame based on disease incubation.
The quarantine lasts for 14 days, the incubation period of the virus.
Pro Tip 1/2Disease Control
Quarantine can be a strategy to contain diseases, not a punishment.
The doctors recommended quarantine to control the flu outbreak.
Pro Tip 2/2Time-specific
Quarantine usually has a set time frame based on disease incubation.
The quarantine lasts for 14 days, the incubation period of the virus.
Pro Tip 1/2Disease Control
Quarantine can be a strategy to contain diseases, not a punishment.
The doctors recommended quarantine to control the flu outbreak.
Pro Tip 2/2Time-specific
Quarantine usually has a set time frame based on disease incubation.
The quarantine lasts for 14 days, the incubation period of the virus.
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Safari Live - Day 288 PIPE...
cheetah tracks that he saw them in the soft sand before they drove over them so yeah it's good news in many respects that there is a cheetah kind of hanging around but what I'm going to do is I'm not gonna do quarantine just yet I'm gonna go around and do a loop around and then we'll come back to quarantine just
Video examples
Daniel Kraft: How...
a global health corps similar to the volunteer paramedics and firemen of today that can be upskilled, use the powerful new tools to respond early and collectively to enhance contact tracing, isolation and quarantine, and to help identify and address social and other disparities. So coming full circle.
Video examples
What the world can learn...
How on earth did some of those cases not explode? Was it just down to really diligent contact tracing? I think it was a combination of things. First of all, the shutdown of Hubei province certainly helped. And then, the major cities actually went into isolation and quarantine as well.
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Jennifer B. Nuzzo: 3...
so that we could be assured that these spaces will not result in super spreading. And we would implement economic policies that provide financial and social support to people who need to stay home because they're sick or a loved one is sick or they need to quarantine
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How the pandemic will...
So they're one of these amazing countries that got the numbers so low that test, quarantine and trace is working to get them, keep them at very near zero. Aided perhaps a bit by being easier to isolate and by less density, less population density.
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The Hummingbirds of São...
lockdown times, quarantine going on, we were meeting a few friends like we can get human friends, but with the hummingbird feeder, we could get this hummingbird friend. And it's really important for us, for example, when we're here at the balcony
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How digital innovation...
We tried to warn the world last year, but, anyway. So in any case, the point here is that if you start early enough, you get to make sure that the border control is the main point where you quarantine all the returning residents and so on,
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Ebola - Photos From the...
here an advanced Ebola patient who is quite delusional sometimes the disease is intense it causes delusions in the mind and this guy has tried to escape from one of the highly quarantine wards here in this holding facility at
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Mysteries of vernacular:...
was set at forty days. Although it did little to protect ports from infection, the directive stuck. From the Italian word quaranta, meaning forty, this period of stasis was given the name quarantine.
Video examples
Chen Qiufan: A sci-fi...
You've just found out that the lover you met in an immersive online game has flown halfway around the world to meet you. But now he's quarantined in the hospital, stricken with a new,
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 288 PIPE...
cheetah tracks that he saw them in the soft sand before they drove over them so yeah it's good news in many respects that there is a cheetah kind of hanging around but what I'm going to do is I'm not gonna do quarantine just yet I'm gonna go around and do a loop around and then we'll come back to quarantine just
Video examples
Daniel Kraft: How...
a global health corps similar to the volunteer paramedics and firemen of today that can be upskilled, use the powerful new tools to respond early and collectively to enhance contact tracing, isolation and quarantine, and to help identify and address social and other disparities. So coming full circle.
Video examples
What the world can learn...
How on earth did some of those cases not explode? Was it just down to really diligent contact tracing? I think it was a combination of things. First of all, the shutdown of Hubei province certainly helped. And then, the major cities actually went into isolation and quarantine as well.
Video examples
Jennifer B. Nuzzo: 3...
so that we could be assured that these spaces will not result in super spreading. And we would implement economic policies that provide financial and social support to people who need to stay home because they're sick or a loved one is sick or they need to quarantine
Video examples
How the pandemic will...
So they're one of these amazing countries that got the numbers so low that test, quarantine and trace is working to get them, keep them at very near zero. Aided perhaps a bit by being easier to isolate and by less density, less population density.
Video examples
The Hummingbirds of São...
lockdown times, quarantine going on, we were meeting a few friends like we can get human friends, but with the hummingbird feeder, we could get this hummingbird friend. And it's really important for us, for example, when we're here at the balcony
Video examples
How digital innovation...
We tried to warn the world last year, but, anyway. So in any case, the point here is that if you start early enough, you get to make sure that the border control is the main point where you quarantine all the returning residents and so on,
Video examples
Ebola - Photos From the...
here an advanced Ebola patient who is quite delusional sometimes the disease is intense it causes delusions in the mind and this guy has tried to escape from one of the highly quarantine wards here in this holding facility at
Video examples
Mysteries of vernacular:...
was set at forty days. Although it did little to protect ports from infection, the directive stuck. From the Italian word quaranta, meaning forty, this period of stasis was given the name quarantine.
Video examples
Chen Qiufan: A sci-fi...
You've just found out that the lover you met in an immersive online game has flown halfway around the world to meet you. But now he's quarantined in the hospital, stricken with a new,
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Quote examples
Haile Selassie
Ethiopian Statesman
The nations of Africa, as is true of every continent of the world, from time to time dispute among themselves. These quarrels must be confined to this continent and quarantined from the contamination of non-African interference.
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David Ulevitch
American Businessman
The way that worms and viruses spread on the Internet is not that different from the way they spread in the real world, and the way you quarantine them is not that different, either.
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Jessica Long
American Athlete
I tried my hardest to stay fit and active during quarantine. I went to my PT office four to five times a week. I did weights, a stationary bike, a rowing machine, and lots of abs.
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Pam Shriver
American Tennis Player
I was given advice early in the quarantine: Don't focus on what you don't have. Focus on what you do have and will have again, and I've said that to myself over and over again.
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Aidan Gallagher
American Actor
Quarantine has really affected me in terms of thinking about what the rest of the world is going through and what isolation within a small space might be like.
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KiKi Layne
American Actress
I'm not extra, I'm not going to be the person walking around the house in an extravagant gown during quarantine.
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Tyler Herro
American Basketball Player
From quarantine to the bubble to the Finals, everything just happened fast.
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Tejaswi Madivada
Indian Actress
This quarantine life is not new to me. I've been like this from my teens.
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Emily Hampshire
Canadian Actress
Time is different in quarantine. It's such a whole other world.
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Joe Flacco
American Athlete
I could quarantine forever.
Quote examples
Haile Selassie
Ethiopian Statesman
The nations of Africa, as is true of every continent of the world, from time to time dispute among themselves. These quarrels must be confined to this continent and quarantined from the contamination of non-African interference.
Quote examples
David Ulevitch
American Businessman
The way that worms and viruses spread on the Internet is not that different from the way they spread in the real world, and the way you quarantine them is not that different, either.
Quote examples
Jessica Long
American Athlete
I tried my hardest to stay fit and active during quarantine. I went to my PT office four to five times a week. I did weights, a stationary bike, a rowing machine, and lots of abs.
Quote examples
Pam Shriver
American Tennis Player
I was given advice early in the quarantine: Don't focus on what you don't have. Focus on what you do have and will have again, and I've said that to myself over and over again.
Quote examples
Aidan Gallagher
American Actor
Quarantine has really affected me in terms of thinking about what the rest of the world is going through and what isolation within a small space might be like.
Quote examples
KiKi Layne
American Actress
I'm not extra, I'm not going to be the person walking around the house in an extravagant gown during quarantine.
Quote examples
Tyler Herro
American Basketball Player
From quarantine to the bubble to the Finals, everything just happened fast.
Quote examples
Tejaswi Madivada
Indian Actress
This quarantine life is not new to me. I've been like this from my teens.
Quote examples
Emily Hampshire
Canadian Actress
Time is different in quarantine. It's such a whole other world.
Quote examples
Joe Flacco
American Athlete
I could quarantine forever.
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