quarantine meaning

UK US /ˈkwɔrəntin/ 3 syllables

quarantine (noun): enforced isolation of patients suffering from a contagious disease in order to prevent the spread of disease.

quarantine has 3 meanings in this dictionary, as noun and verb.

quarantine as a noun

  1. enforced isolation of patients suffering from a contagious disease in order to prevent the spread of disease

    Type of: isolation

  2. isolation to prevent the spread of infectious disease

    Type of: isolation

quarantine as a verb

  1. place into enforced isolation, as for medical reasons
    • My dog was quarantined before he could live in England

    Type of: isolate

How to pronounce quarantine

quarantine is pronounced /ˈkwɔrəntin/ in American English. It has 3 syllables, with the stress on the first syllable.

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