"seclude" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /səˈkluːd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-seclude.wav Forms: secludes [present, singular, third-person], secluding [participle, present], secluded [participle, past], secluded [past]
Rhymes: -uːd Etymology: From Latin secludo. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|secludo}} Latin secludo Head templates: {{en-verb}} seclude (third-person singular simple present secludes, present participle secluding, simple past and past participle secluded)
  1. (transitive, chiefly reflexive) To shut off or keep apart, as from company, society, etc.; withdraw (oneself) from society or into solitude. Tags: reflexive, transitive
    Sense id: en-seclude-en-verb-62f1WZtm
  2. (transitive) To shut or keep out; exclude; preclude. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-seclude-en-verb-83PclscH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 60 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 32 68 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 70 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 19 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: secluded, secludedly Related terms: seclusion, seclusive Translations ((''transitive'')): secludir (Spanish), secluir (Spanish)
Disambiguation of "(''transitive'')": 49 51

Inflected forms

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        [
          "withdraw",
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        "(transitive, chiefly reflexive) To shut off or keep apart, as from company, society, etc.; withdraw (oneself) from society or into solitude."
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        "To shut or keep out; exclude; preclude."
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        "(transitive) To shut or keep out; exclude; preclude."
      ],
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      "word": "secludir"
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        "To shut off or keep apart, as from company, society, etc.; withdraw (oneself) from society or into solitude."
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        "(transitive, chiefly reflexive) To shut off or keep apart, as from company, society, etc.; withdraw (oneself) from society or into solitude."
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        "To shut or keep out; exclude; preclude."
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          "keep out",
          "keep out"
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        "(transitive) To shut or keep out; exclude; preclude."
      ],
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Download raw JSONL data for seclude meaning in English (3.2kB)

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