# quarantining

Pronunciation: say "KWOR-uhn-teen-ing" US /ˈkwɔɹ.ən.tin.ɪŋ/, UK /ˈkwɒɹ.ən.tiːn.ɪŋ/

## Noun

1. The act of setting up or going into isolation in order to prevent the spread of disease.
   - Simple: The act of keeping a person or animal apart from others to stop a disease from spreading.
   - _The hospital's quarantining of infected patients prevented a wider outbreak._
   - _Voluntary quarantining became common among returning travelers during the pandemic._

## Verb

2. Present participle of quarantine. — present participle and gerund of quarantine
   - Simple: Present participle of quarantine. Use this form for an action that is happening now.
   - _Health officials are quarantining travelers arriving from affected regions._
   - _Quarantining the whole herd, the farmer hoped to stop the infection from spreading._

## Origin

Formed from "quarantine" combined with the suffix "-ing".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/quarantining (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).