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lockdown in Malay

sekatan pergerakan

/ˈlɒkˌdaʊn//ˈlɑkˌdaʊn/

lockdown in Malay: sekatan pergerakan. In English, lockdown means 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.

Malay words for lockdown

emergency confinement
sekatan pergerakan

English meaning of lockdown

  1. 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.
  2. noun A contrivance to fasten logs together in rafting.

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Questions about lockdown in Malay

What is the meaning of lockdown in Malay?
Lockdown in Malay is sekatan pergerakan.
Apakah maksud lockdown dalam bahasa Melayu?
Lockdown: sekatan pergerakan.
What does lockdown mean in English?
Lockdown means 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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Adapted from Wiktionary: lockdown (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Malay words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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