"social distancing" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsoʊʃəl ˌdɪstən(t)sɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈsəʊʃəl ˌdɪstən(t)sɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation]
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  1. (epidemiology) The practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases by isolating those with such diseases in quarantines, maintaining space between individuals, and prohibiting certain activities. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Epidemiology Synonyms: physical distancing Related terms: social distance [sociology, social-science, human-sciences, sciences], socially distant Coordinate_terms: confinement, cordon sanitaire, isolation, lockdown, non-pharmaceutical intervention, NPI, quarantine, sequestration, shelter in place Translations (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases): sosiale distansiëring (Afrikaans), distancë shoqërore (Albanian), শাৰীৰিক দূৰত্ব (xaririk durotto) (Assamese), sosial məsafələşmə (Azerbaijani), urruntze sozial (Basque), শারীরিক দূরত্ব (śaririk durotto) (Bengali), обществена дистанция (obštestvena distancija) (Bulgarian), социална дистанция (socialna distancija) (Bulgarian), distanciament social [masculine] (Catalan), distanciació social [feminine] (Catalan), 保持社交距離 (Chinese Cantonese), 保持社交距离 (bou² ci⁴ se⁵ gaau¹ keoi⁵ lei⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 保持社交距離 (Chinese Mandarin), 保持社交距离 (bǎochí shèjiāo jùlí) (Chinese Mandarin), sociální distancování [feminine] (Czech), social distancering [common-gender] (Danish), fysisk distancering [common-gender] (Danish), fysisk afstand [common-gender] (Danish), sociale onthouding [feminine] (Dutch), sotsiaalne distantseerumine (Estonian), sosiaalinen etäännyttäminen (Finnish), distanciation sociale [feminine] (French), éloignement social [masculine] (French), distanciation physique [feminine] (French), éloignement physique [masculine] (French), სოციალური დისტანცირება (socialuri disṭancireba) (Georgian), soziale Distanzierung [feminine] (German), Social Distancing [neuter] (German), räumliche Distanzierung [feminine] (German), räumliche Trennung [feminine] (German), κοινωνική απομάκρυνση (koinonikí apomákrynsi) [feminine] (Greek), શારીરિક દૂરી (śārīrik dūrī) (Gujarati), ריחוק חברתי (rikhúk khevratí) [masculine] (Hebrew), शारीरिक दूरी (śārīrik dūrī) (Hindi), közösségi távolságtartás (Hungarian), társasági távolságtartás (Hungarian), társas távolságtartás (Hungarian), szociális távolságtartás (Hungarian), samskiptafjarlægð [feminine] (Icelandic), jaga jarak sosial (Indonesian), scaradh sóisialta [masculine] (Irish), distanziamento sociale [masculine] (Italian), ソーシャルディスタンス (sōsharudisutansu) (Japanese), 社会距離拡大戦略 (shakaikyorikakudaisenryaku) (alt: しゃかいきょりかくだいせんりゃく) (Japanese), ការរក្សាចម្ងាយពីគ្នា (karrôksachmngéaypiknéa) (Khmer), 사회적(社會的) 거리(距離)두기 (sahoejeok georidugi) (Korean), друштвено растојание (društveno rastojanie) [neuter] (Macedonian), penjarakan sosial (Malay), penjarakan fizikal (Malay), സാമൂഹിക അകലം (sāmūhika akalaṁ) (Malayalam), शारीरिक अंतर (śārīrik antar) (Marathi), dûrxistina civakî [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), sosial distansering [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), fysisk distansering [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), fysisk avstand [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), sosial distansering [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), fysisk distansering [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), fysisk avstand [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), فاصلهگذاری اجتماعی (fâsele-gozâri-ye ejtemâ'i) (Persian), dystansowanie społeczne [neuter] (Polish), distanciamento social [masculine] (Portuguese), ਸਰੀਰਕ ਦੂਰੀ (sarīrak dūrī) (Punjabi), distanțare socială [feminine] (Romanian), социа́льное дистанци́рование (sociálʹnoje distancírovanije) [neuter] (Russian), astrachadh sòisealta [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), distanciamiento social [masculine] (Spanish), social distansering [common-gender] (Swedish), fysisk distansering [common-gender] (Swedish), சமூக இடைவெளி (camūka iṭaiveḷi) (Tamil), การเว้นระยะห่างทางสังคม (Thai), sosyal mesafe (Turkish), sự cách ly xã hội (Vietnamese), khoảng cách xã hội (Vietnamese), sự giãn cách xã hội (Vietnamese), sự cách ly vật lý (Vietnamese), khoảng cách xã giao (Vietnamese), סאָציאַלע דיסטאַנצירונג (sotsyale distantsirung) [feminine] (Yiddish)
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Verb

IPA: /ˈsoʊʃəl ˌdɪstən(t)sɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈsəʊʃəl ˌdɪstən(t)sɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation]
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  1. present participle and gerund of social distance Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: social distance Categories (topical): Coronavirus Synonyms: social-distancing Related terms: flatten the curve, curve flattening
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          "text": "All I spot are lots of anglers on the canal at Wigan, indulging in a sport where social distancing is de rigueur!",
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          "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
          "word": "sosiale distansiëring"
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          "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
          "word": "distancë shoqërore"
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          "code": "as",
          "lang": "Assamese",
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          "word": "শাৰীৰিক দূৰত্ব"
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          "word": "sosial məsafələşmə"
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          "code": "eu",
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          "word": "urruntze sozial"
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          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "śaririk durotto",
          "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
          "word": "শারীরিক দূরত্ব"
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          "roman": "obštestvena distancija",
          "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
          "word": "обществена дистанция"
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "socialna distancija",
          "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
          "word": "социална дистанция"
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          "code": "ca",
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          "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "ca",
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          "tags": [
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          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
          "word": "保持社交距離"
        },
        {
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "bou² ci⁴ se⁵ gaau¹ keoi⁵ lei⁴",
          "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
          "word": "保持社交距离"
        },
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
          "word": "保持社交距離"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "bǎochí shèjiāo jùlí",
          "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
          "word": "保持社交距离"
        },
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sociální distancování"
        },
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Dutch",
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
          "word": "sotsiaalne distantseerumine"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
          "word": "sosiaalinen etäännyttäminen"
        },
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "distanciation sociale"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "éloignement social"
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "socialuri disṭancireba",
          "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
          "word": "სოციალური დისტანცირება"
        },
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          "code": "de",
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          ],
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "code": "el",
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          "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "lang": "Gujarati",
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          "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
          "word": "શારીરિક દૂરી"
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "rikhúk khevratí",
          "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "ריחוק חברתי"
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "śārīrik dūrī",
          "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
          "word": "शारीरिक दूरी"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
          "word": "közösségi távolságtartás"
        },
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
          "word": "társasági távolságtartás"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
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          "word": "társas távolságtartás"
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
          "word": "szociális távolságtartás"
        },
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          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "samskiptafjarlægð"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
          "word": "jaga jarak sosial"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "scaradh sóisialta"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "distanziamento sociale"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "sōsharudisutansu",
          "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
          "word": "ソーシャルディスタンス"
        },
        {
          "alt": "しゃかいきょりかくだいせんりゃく",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "shakaikyorikakudaisenryaku",
          "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
          "word": "社会距離拡大戦略"
        },
        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "karrôksachmngéaypiknéa",
          "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
          "word": "ការរក្សាចម្ងាយពីគ្នា"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "sahoejeok georidugi",
          "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
          "word": "사회적(社會的) 거리(距離)두기"
        },
        {
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "dûrxistina civakî"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "društveno rastojanie",
          "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "друштвено растојание"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
          "word": "penjarakan sosial"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
          "word": "penjarakan fizikal"
        },
        {
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "sāmūhika akalaṁ",
          "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
          "word": "സാമൂഹിക അകലം"
        },
        {
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "śārīrik antar",
          "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
          "word": "शारीरिक अंतर"
        },
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          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
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          "word": "sosial distansering"
        },
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          "code": "nb",
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            "masculine"
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        },
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          "code": "nb",
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        },
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          "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
          "word": "فاصلهگذاری اجتماعی"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "dystansowanie społeczne"
        },
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "distanciamento social"
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          "code": "pa",
          "lang": "Punjabi",
          "roman": "sarīrak dūrī",
          "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
          "word": "ਸਰੀਰਕ ਦੂਰੀ"
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "distanțare socială"
        },
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          "roman": "sociálʹnoje distancírovanije",
          "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "социа́льное дистанци́рование"
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          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "astrachadh sòisealta"
        },
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "distanciamiento social"
        },
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          "code": "sv",
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          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
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          "word": "social distansering"
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          "code": "sv",
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          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
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        {
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "camūka iṭaiveḷi",
          "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
          "word": "சமூக இடைவெளி"
        },
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          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
          "word": "การเว้นระยะห่างทางสังคม"
        },
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
          "word": "sosyal mesafe"
        },
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          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
          "word": "sự cách ly xã hội"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
          "word": "khoảng cách xã hội"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
          "word": "sự giãn cách xã hội"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
          "word": "sự cách ly vật lý"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
          "word": "khoảng cách xã giao"
        },
        {
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "sotsyale distantsirung",
          "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "סאָציאַלע דיסטאַנצירונג"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "scaradh sóisialta"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "distanziamento sociale"
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      "code": "ja",
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      "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
      "word": "ソーシャルディスタンス"
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      "alt": "しゃかいきょりかくだいせんりゃく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shakaikyorikakudaisenryaku",
      "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
      "word": "社会距離拡大戦略"
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      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "karrôksachmngéaypiknéa",
      "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
      "word": "ការរក្សាចម្ងាយពីគ្នា"
    },
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sahoejeok georidugi",
      "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
      "word": "사회적(社會的) 거리(距離)두기"
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      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "dûrxistina civakî"
    },
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "društveno rastojanie",
      "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "друштвено растојание"
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    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
      "word": "penjarakan sosial"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
      "word": "penjarakan fizikal"
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    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "sāmūhika akalaṁ",
      "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
      "word": "സാമൂഹിക അകലം"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "śārīrik antar",
      "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
      "word": "शारीरिक अंतर"
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    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
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      "word": "sosial distansering"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
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      "word": "fysisk distansering"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "fysisk avstand"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "sosial distansering"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fysisk distansering"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fysisk avstand"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "fâsele-gozâri-ye ejtemâ'i",
      "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
      "word": "فاصلهگذاری اجتماعی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "dystansowanie społeczne"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "distanciamento social"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "sarīrak dūrī",
      "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
      "word": "ਸਰੀਰਕ ਦੂਰੀ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "distanțare socială"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sociálʹnoje distancírovanije",
      "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "социа́льное дистанци́рование"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "astrachadh sòisealta"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "distanciamiento social"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "social distansering"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fysisk distansering"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "camūka iṭaiveḷi",
      "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
      "word": "சமூக இடைவெளி"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
      "word": "การเว้นระยะห่างทางสังคม"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
      "word": "sosyal mesafe"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
      "word": "sự cách ly xã hội"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
      "word": "khoảng cách xã hội"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
      "word": "sự giãn cách xã hội"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
      "word": "sự cách ly vật lý"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
      "word": "khoảng cách xã giao"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "sotsyale distantsirung",
      "sense": "practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "סאָציאַלע דיסטאַנצירונג"
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  "word": "social distancing"
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      "word": "flatten the curve"
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      "ipa": "/ˈsəʊʃəl ˌdɪstən(t)sɪŋ/",
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      "word": "social-distancing"
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