self-quarantine
/ˌsɛlfˈkwɒɹəntiːn/
self-quarantine verb: to refrain from physical contact with other individuals, especially in order to reduce the transmission of a contagious disease.
Verb
self-quarantine (third-person singular simple present self-quarantines, present participle self-quarantining, simple past and past participle self-quarantined)
- To refrain from physical contact with other individuals, especially in order to reduce the transmission of a contagious disease.
- He said that he became sick with relatively mild symptoms about a week ago and self-quarantined at his home.2020 March 22, Alex Wigglesworth, Maria L. La Ganga, Richard Winton, James Queally, “California coronavirus death toll rises to 27, including four in L.A. County”, in Los Angeles Times
- Synonyms:
- self-isolate
Noun
self-quarantine (countable and uncountable, plural self-quarantines)
- Isolation by avoiding physical contact with other individuals, especially in order to reduce the transmission of a contagious disease.
- We apply this model to a large urban area (9 million people) and evaluate the effect of situational awareness (early detection and response) and several response measures, such as mass vaccination, quarantine, closure, mass-transit shutdown, and voluntary self-quarantine on the spread of the...2005 November, Moshe Kress, “The Effect of Social Mixing Controls on the Spread of Smallpox—A Two-Level Model”, in Health Care Management Science, volume 8, number 4, →DOI, →ISSN, page 277
- Eleven city firefighters have tested positive, and more than 50 are in self-quarantine.2020 March 22, Alex Wigglesworth, Maria L. La Ganga, Richard Winton, James Queally, “California coronavirus death toll rises to 27, including four in L.A. County”, in Los Angeles Times
- Synonyms:
- self-isolation, home quarantine, home isolation
Synonyms of self-quarantine
- self-isolate
- self-isolation
- home quarantine
- home isolation
Forms of self-quarantine
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | self-quarantines |
| present participle | self-quarantining |
| past participle | self-quarantined |
| past | self-quarantined |
| Noun | |
| plural | self-quarantines |
Origin of self-quarantine
From self- + quarantine.
Words formed from self-quarantine
- self-quarantiner
Questions about self-quarantine
- What does self-quarantine mean?
- Self-quarantine means to refrain from physical contact with other individuals, especially in order to reduce the transmission of a contagious disease.
- What part of speech is self-quarantine?
- Self-quarantine can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce self-quarantine?
- Self-quarantine is pronounced /ˌsɛlfˈkwɒɹəntiːn/.
- What is the past tense of self-quarantine?
- The past tense of self-quarantine is self-quarantined.
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