lockdown

See also: lock-down and lock down

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Deverbal from lock downCategory:English deverbals#LOCKDOWN.

Pronunciation

Noun

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lockdown (countable and uncountable, plural lockdowns)Category:English lemmas#LOCKDOWNCategory:English nouns#LOCKDOWNCategory:English uncountable nouns#LOCKDOWNCategory:English countable nouns#LOCKDOWNCategory:English countable nouns#LOCKDOWNCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#LOCKDOWNCategory:Pages with entries#LOCKDOWNCategory:Pages with 4 entries#LOCKDOWN

  1. 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.
    • 2020 May 20, Andrew Haines talks to Stefanie Foster, “Repurpose rail for the 2020s”, in Rail, page 29:
      At the time of writing, no decisions had been made by the Government as to when or how lockdown restrictions might begin to be lifted. However, discussions were taking place in the industry about how social distancing could be maintained on the railway if some patronage were to return soon.
      Category:English terms with quotations#LOCKDOWN
    • 2021 May 15, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 0-1 Leicester”, in BBC Sport:
      Fans relished the traditional FA Cup fanfare from the Coldstream Guards and the hymn Abide With Me before throwing themselves wholeheartedly into an experience they have been largely deprived of since the first coronavirus lockdown began in March 2020.
      Category:English terms with quotations#LOCKDOWN
    • 2022 October 14, Daisuke Wakabayashi, Claire Fu, “China’s Internet Censors Race to Quell Beijing Protest Chatter”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 October 2022, Asia Pacific:
      When a column of smoke appeared on Thursday over the Sitong Bridge overpass in the Haidian district of Beijing, it drew attention to a protester who had hung banners openly bashing China’s top leader by name and criticizing the country’s “zero Covid” policy, including one calling for “freedom and not lockdowns.”
      Category:English terms with quotations#LOCKDOWN
  2. (USCategory:American English#LOCKDOWN) A contrivance to fasten logs together in rafting.
    • 1931, State University of Iowa. Bureau of Business Research, Iowa studies in business (issues 10-15, page 24)
      The rafts were made up of strings of logs about seventeen feet wide, held together by poles across them. Each log was pinned to the poles by wooden pegs and lockdowns.

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Descendants

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See also

Category:en:COVID-19#LOCKDOWNCategory:en:Epidemiology#LOCKDOWNCategory:en:Prison#LOCKDOWN

Dutch

Etymology

From EnglishCategory:Dutch terms borrowed from English#LOCKDOWNCategory:Dutch terms derived from English#LOCKDOWN lockdown.

Pronunciation

Noun

lockdown m (plural lockdowns, no diminutive)Category:Dutch lemmas#LOCKDOWNCategory:Dutch nouns#LOCKDOWNCategory:Dutch nouns with plural in -s#LOCKDOWNCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#LOCKDOWNCategory:Dutch masculine nouns#LOCKDOWNCategory:Pages with entries#LOCKDOWNCategory:Pages with 4 entries#LOCKDOWN

  1. lockdown (confinement as a security measure)

Derived terms

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from EnglishCategory:Italian terms borrowed from English#LOCKDOWNCategory:Italian terms derived from English#LOCKDOWN lockdown.

Noun

lockdown m (invariable)Category:Italian lemmas#LOCKDOWNCategory:Italian nouns#LOCKDOWNCategory:Italian countable nouns#LOCKDOWNCategory:Italian indeclinable nouns#LOCKDOWNCategory:Italian terms spelled with K#LOCKDOWNCategory:Italian terms spelled with W#LOCKDOWNCategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#LOCKDOWNCategory:Italian masculine nouns#LOCKDOWNCategory:Pages with entries#LOCKDOWNCategory:Pages with 4 entries#LOCKDOWN

  1. (anglicism) lockdown
    Synonym: confinamento
Category:it:COVID-19#LOCKDOWNCategory:it:Epidemiology#LOCKDOWN

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from EnglishCategory:Polish terms borrowed from English#LOCKDOWNCategory:Polish unadapted borrowings from English#LOCKDOWNCategory:Polish terms derived from English#LOCKDOWN lockdown.

Pronunciation

Noun

lockdown m inanCategory:Polish lemmas#LOCKDOWNCategory:Polish nouns#LOCKDOWNCategory:Polish entries with incorrect language header#LOCKDOWNCategory:Polish masculine nouns#LOCKDOWNCategory:Polish inanimate nouns#LOCKDOWNCategory:Pages with entries#LOCKDOWNCategory:Pages with 4 entries#LOCKDOWN

  1. lockdown (confinement of people as a security measure)

Declension

Further reading

  • lockdown”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • lockdown”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN (in Polish)
Category:pl:COVID-19#LOCKDOWNCategory:pl:Epidemiology#LOCKDOWN
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