quarantine

A period of staying apart from others to prevent a possible illness from spreading.

• Her quarantine ends tomorrow.
• The animals spent a month in quarantine.
• Travelers had to enter quarantine after arriving.

How to use it: in quarantine (The passengers remained in quarantine for a week.)

Similar words: isolation

Common phrases: in quarantine, quarantine period, mandatory quarantine

A place where people or animals are kept apart from others to prevent illness from spreading.

• The quarantine stood outside the town.
• Workers cleaned every room in the quarantine.
• The port built a quarantine to house sick travelers.

Similar words: isolation facility

Common phrases: animal quarantine, port quarantine, quarantine building

To keep someone or an animal apart from others to prevent a possible illness from spreading.

• They quarantined the sick animals.
• All passengers were quarantined after the outbreak.
• Should we quarantine anyone who shared her room?

How to use it: quarantine someone/something for a period (Officials quarantined the animals for ten days.)

Similar words: isolate

Common phrases: quarantine someone, quarantine animals, quarantine passengers

To stay apart from other people so that you do not spread or catch an illness.

• You can quarantine at home.
• We quarantined for a week after our trip.
• Anyone exposed to the virus should quarantine themselves.

How to use it: quarantine for a period (We had to quarantine for five days.); quarantine yourself (She quarantined herself after contact with an infected friend.)

Similar words: self-isolate, self-quarantine

Common phrases: quarantine at home, quarantine for days, quarantine yourself