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self-quarantines

self-quarantines is the third-person singular simple present indicative of self-quarantine.

self-quarantines is the plural of self-quarantine.

Meaning of self-quarantine

Verb

self-quarantine (third-person singular simple present self-quarantines, present participle self-quarantining, simple past and past participle self-quarantined)

  1. (intransitive) 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

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Questions about self-quarantines

What is self-quarantines the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Self-quarantines is the third-person singular simple present indicative of self-quarantine.

Words near self-quarantines in the dictionary

  1. self-qualifying
  2. self-quantifier
  3. self-quantifiers
  4. self-quarantine
  5. self-quarantined
  6. self-quarantines
  7. self-quarantining
  8. self-questioning
  9. self-questionings
  10. self-radicalize
  11. self-radicalized

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