Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)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.

    Lockdown, Ausgangssperre, Abriegelung

    локда́унlokdáun, изоля́цияizoljácija, самоизоля́цияsamoizoljácija

    локда́унlokdáun, ізоля́ціяizoljácija

  2. (US, countable, uncountable)A contrivance to fasten logs together in rafting.

More definitions
  • the act of confining prisoners to their cells (usually to regain control during a riot)

Examples

56 sentences
  1. We are in lockdown.

    У нас локдаун.

    ruМы на карантине.

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  2. How long will the lockdown last?

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  3. The school is going on lockdown.

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  4. The school is going into lockdown.

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  5. The school went under a lockdown.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
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Русский
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emergency confinement:
Deutsch
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emergency confinement:

Origin

Deverbal from lock down.

Deverbal from lock down.

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