QUARANTINE | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of quarantine in English quarantinenoun uk /ˈkwɒr.ən.tiːn/ us /ˈkwɔːr.ən.tiːn/

quarantine noun (PEOPLE OR ANIMALS )

Add to word list Add to word list [ C or U ] a specific period of time in which a person or animal that has a disease, or may have one, must stay or be kept away from others in order to prevent the spread of the disease: The doctor said I could go home as long as I agreed to stay in quarantine for at least seven days. Owners risk having to leave their pets abroad or put them in quarantine if they fail to follow the rules. The government announced mandatory quarantines for high-risk travellers returning from countries with Ebola outbreaks. [ U ] mainly US a general period of time in which people are not allowed to leave their homes or travel freely, so that they do not catch or spread a disease: I’ve been doing a lot of baking during quarantine. The country has been hit hard, with many people under quarantine and food supplies scarce. The couple created a podcast to showcase their quarantine life while raising funds for people affected by the pandemic. Compare lockdown Fevers & infectious diseases

• afebrile
• ague
• anaplasmosis
• anti-malaria
• anti-malarial
• bubonic plague
• fevered
• German measles
• helicobacter pylori
• hepatitis A
• hepatitis B
• hepatitis C
• Hib
• mononucleosis
• rabbit fever
• relapsing fever
• remittent fever
• Reye's syndrome
• rheumatic fever
• Rift Valley fever

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quarantine noun (PLANTS OR PRODUCTS)

[ C or U ] a period of time in which something such as a product or plant that is infected or poisonous, or that contains substances that could be dangerous, is kept in a place where it cannot harm anyone or anything until it is no longer dangerous or can be dealt with safely: Oregon has imposed an emergency quarantine on oak firewood from California to slow the spread of the fungus. Please note that certain pharmaceutical items are subject to quarantine and customs restrictions in some countries. If a radiation alarm is confirmed for a shipment, Radiation Protection agents will order it to be put into quarantine.

quarantine noun (PLACES)

[ C or U ] a period of time in which people or animals are not allowed to enter or leave a particular area or building where some or all of those in it have been affected by a harmful substance or disease, until the danger of harming others has passed: Two farms north of the city were placed under quarantine due to an anthrax outbreak among livestock. The office was put into a brief quarantine on Friday after an editor opened a Halloween card with a powdery substance. Patients taking radioactive iodine must stay in quarantine in hospital for 24 hours to avoid exposing other people to radiation. quarantineverb uk /ˈkwɒr.ən.tiːn/ us /ˈkwɔːr.ən.tiːn/

quarantine verb (PEOPLE OR ANIMALS)

[ I or T ] to stay away from others for a period of time because you have a disease, or may have one, in order to prevent the spread of the disease: All international arrivals, regardless of where they are from, must quarantine upon their arrival. The government is looking into how long those who have been exposed to COVID-19 need to quarantine. A friend of mine had symptoms but instead of quarantining himself he decided to carry on as normal. [ T ] to keep a person or animal away from others because they have a disease, or may have one, in order to prevent the spread of the disease: It's not uncommon to quarantine passengers after a widespread illness appears to be present on board a plane. The dogs are being quarantined for 10 days because it was not clear whether they are up to date on rabies shots. Two weeks ago, authorities quarantined 1,222 cattle that had eaten feed containing cattle byproducts. Zoology: veterinary medicine

• acaricide
• altered
• animal doctor
• anti-rabies
• bovine spongiform encephalopathy
• BSE
• cowpox
• delouse
• emasculate
• lame
• mange
• myxomatosis
• neutered
• nosema
• put something to sleep idiom
• put something/someone down phrasal verb
• rescue
• scrapie
• veterinary
• worm

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Fevers & infectious diseases

quarantine verb (PLANTS OR PRODUCTS)

[ T ] to keep something such as a product or plant that is infected or poisonous, or that contains substances that could be dangerous, in a place where it cannot harm anyone or anything until it is no longer dangerous or can be dealt with safely: If the traps capture a certain number of flies in a particular area, fruit from that area is quarantined until the end of the season. After a single bag of rice tested positive for melamine, the company decided to quarantine the entire shipment. The items were quarantined after a reported exposure to asbestos

quarantine verb (PLACES)

[ T ] to prevent people or animals from entering or leaving a particular area or building where some or all of those in it have been affected by a harmful substance or disease, until the danger of harming others has passed: Ranches with confirmed cases of foot-and-mouth disease are quarantined until at least 10 days after all livestock are vaccinated. The hotel has been quarantined due to an outbreak of legionnaire’s disease (Definition of quarantine from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

quarantine | American Dictionary

quarantinenoun [ U ] us /ˈkwɑr·ənˌtin, ˈkwɔr-/ Add to word list Add to word list a period of time during which a person or animal that might have a disease is kept away from other people or animals so that the disease cannot spread: The horse had to spend several months in quarantine when it reached this country.

quarantine

verb [ T ] us /ˈkwɑr·ənˌtin, ˈkwɔr-/ He was quarantined with mumps, which is highly contagious. (Definition of quarantine from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

quarantine | Business English

quarantinenoun [ U ] uk /ˈkwɒrəntiːn/ us Add to word list Add to word list a period of time during which an animal or person that might have a disease is kept away from other people or animals so that the disease cannot spread: be/keep sth/put sth in quarantine About 6,000 hogs are being kept in quarantine pending further testing. Australian airports have introduced quarantine regulations in a bid to prevent the spread of the disease. quarantineverb [ T ] uk /ˈkwɒrəntiːn/ us to keep an animal or person away from other animals or people to prevent them from spreading a disease: The worker was quarantined for five days and directed to wear a mask to protect others. (Definition of quarantine from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of quarantine

quarantine The city had no means of quarantining such large numbers of ill arrivals. From the Cambridge English Corpus Thus, in order to ascertain that all target fish were uninfected upon arrival at our laboratory, they were quarantined for 117 days prior to trials and regularly observed for symptoms. From the Cambridge English Corpus In theory, the two would work together to reduce the threat of disease and expand the area of safety, with immunization and the cleansing of pasture gradually replacing semi-permanent quarantines. From the Cambridge English Corpus I assure him that positively all imported live poultry is quarantined under the present legislation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The maximum number of non-human primates which may be quarantined within a facility depends on the size of the facility. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are told that live cattle are to be allowed to land if they are quarantined for fourteen days. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The cost of quarantining them is for agreement between the owner and the facility concerned. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I remember back in the 1950s, when whole villages were quarantined in order to prevent the epidemic from spreading. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Why are we not having an honest discussion about quarantining? From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English The public are not quite so terrified of possible alternatives to quarantines as they were four years ago. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Since then the average cost of quarantining a dog has risen to £150, but the average fine has risen to no more than £50. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Genetic material would need to be quarantined in flasks. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Animals imported from other countries, or which could not meet the conditions, would still have to be quarantined. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 My information is that 164 persons in private households were quarantined at some time during the outbreak, and that two cases of smallpox occurred in one of the families concerned. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A considerable number of people, surprising as it may seem, do not appear to realise that they cannot bring an animal to this country without quarantining it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of quarantine These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of quarantine?

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in Chinese (Traditional) 隔離檢疫期, 隔離（動物或人）… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 隔离检疫期, 隔离（动物或人）… See more in Spanish cuarentena, pasar la cuarentena, poner en cuarentena… See more in Portuguese quarentena, ficar em quarentena, pôr de quarentena… See more in Turkish in French in Dutch in Czech in Danish in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Ukrainian karantina, karantina süresi, karantinaya almak/sokmak/koymak… See more quarantaine, mettre en quarantaine… See more quarantaine, in quarantaine plaatsen… See more karanténa, dát do karantény… See more karantæne, sætte i karantæne… See more karantina, mengarantinakan… See more การกักไว้อย่างเข้มงวดเพื่อป้องกันการแพร่ของเชื้อโรค, ระยะเวลาการกักตัว, กักไว้… See more sự cách ly, thời hạn cách ly, cách ly… See more kwarantanna, okres kwarantanny, poddać kwarantannie… See more karantän, sätta i karantän… See more kuarantin, mengkuarantin… See more die Quarantäne, unter Quarantäne stellen… See more karantene, sette i karantene… See more карантин, піддавати карантинові… See more Need a translator?

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