Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

k-quarantine

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.62 in modern English

Syllables: k-quar-an-tine
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A term to describe the strategy used by Republic of Korea during the COVID-19 pandemic to limit the spread of the virus, including a quarantine system, outreach campaigns, testing, and contact tracing.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The Korean Center for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) has achieved great success in the early stage of the epidemic using the so-called K-quarantine measure, which enforces local quarantine around confirmed patients rather than implementing a global lockdown."

Etymology

From K- + quarantine, a term introduced in 2020.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: K

Usage

Uncountable

Phrases

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Frequently Paired Words

movement control order circuit breaker community quarantine

Questions

What does k-quarantine mean?: A term to describe the strategy used by Republic of Korea during the COVID-19 pandemic to limit the spread of the virus, including a quarantine system, outreach campaigns, testing, and contact tracing.
Where does k-quarantine come from?: From K- + quarantine, a term introduced in 2020.

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