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How to pronounce “quarantine”

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Pronunciation guide for quarantine

Learning goal
Practice the English pronunciation of quarantine with real speech in context.
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8 YouTube examples
Real speech example
Let’s Get Real About Free Speechand quarantine free speech to little tiny corners of campus.
Definition summary
A period of 40 days, particularly

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How to pronounce quarantine

Let’s Get Real About Free Speech

and quarantine free speech to little tiny corners of campus.

Example Sentences

A Deep Dive Into “quarantine”

Meaning

  • [Noun]
  • A period of 40 days, particularly
  • A period, instance, or state of isolation from the general public or from native livestock and flora enacted to prevent the spread of any contagious disease.
  • (figurative) A similar period, instance, or state of rigidly enforced or self-enforced detention or isolation.
  • A place where such isolation is enforced, a lazaret.
  • (politics, figurative) A blockade of trade, suspension of diplomatic relations, or other action whereby one country seeks to isolate another.
  • (computing, figurative) An isolation of one program, drive, computer, etc. from the rest of a computer network to limit the damage from a bug, computer virus, etc.
  • (computing, figurative) The program, drive, computer, etc. thus isolated.
  • [Verb]
  • (transitive) To place into isolation to prevent the spread of any contagious disease.
  • (intransitive) To enter or stay in quarantine, particularly to self-quarantine to avoid an epidemic disease.
  • (intransitive, obsolete) To impose a quarantine, to establish quarantine regulations.
  • (figurative, transitive) Synonym of isolate more generally.
  • (figurative, transitive) Synonym of restrict.

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