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How to pronounce “lockdown”
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Pronunciation guide for lockdown
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of lockdown with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- A COVID-19 "exit" strategy to end lockdown and reopen the economy
which is a cycle of work and lockdown.
- Definition summary
- The confinement of people in their own rooms (e.g., in a school) or cells (in a prison), or to their own homes or areas (e.g., in the case of a city- or nation-wide issue) as a security measure after or amid a disturbance or as a non-pharmaceutical intervention in a pandemic.
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How to pronounce lockdown
A COVID-19 "exit" strategy to end lockdown and reopen the economy
which is a cycle of work and lockdown.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “lockdown”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- The confinement of people in their own rooms (e.g., in a school) or cells (in a prison), or to their own homes or areas (e.g., in the case of a city- or nation-wide issue) as a security measure after or amid a disturbance or as a non-pharmaceutical intervention in a pandemic.
- (US) A contrivance to fasten logs together in rafting.
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