lockdown en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
Deverbal from lock down.
Meanings
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(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.
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.
2021 May 15, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 0-1 Leicester”, in BBC Sport: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.”
2022 October 14, Daisuke Wakabayashi, Claire Fu, “China’s Internet Censors Race to Quell Beijing Protest Chatter”, in The New York Times (Asia Pacific section), New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Oct 2022: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.
2020 May 20, Andrew Haines talks to Stefanie Foster, “Repurpose rail for the 2020s”, in Rail, page 29:
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(US, countable, uncountable) A contrivance to fasten logs together in rafting.
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.
1931, State University of Iowa. Bureau of Business Research, Iowa studies in business (issues 10-15, page 24)
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| lock-down | alternative | lexicographic | |
| lockdowns | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
prelockdown · postlockdown · pro-lockdown · end lockdown · locky D · lockdownist · lockdown browser · lockdownism · lift lockdown · lockdowner · anti-lockdown · antilockdown · locktail · prolockdown
Descendants
Lockdown · lockdown · lockdown · lockdown · локда́ун · ロックダウン · lockdown
Relateds
stay-at-home order · shelter-in-place · curfew
Translations (101)
de Abriegelung (emergency confinement) · nan-hbl 禁區 /禁区 (emergency confinement) · sh изола́ција (emergency confinement) · da nedlukning (emergency confinement) · nn nedlegging (emergency confinement) · fr verrouillage (emergency confinement) · hu karantén (emergency confinement) · ro lockdown (emergency confinement) · gl confinamento (emergency confinement) · ur لاک ڈاؤن (emergency confinement) · gd glasadh-sluaigh (emergency confinement) · de Ausgangssperre (emergency confinement) · hi लॉकडाउन (emergency confinement) · sh izolácija (emergency confinement) · ka კარანტინი (emergency confinement) · nb nedlegging (emergency confinement) · hu zárlat (emergency confinement) · de Lockdown (emergency confinement) · fr confinement (emergency confinement) · hu vesztegzár (emergency confinement) · ca tancament (emergency confinement) · hu kijárási korlátozás (emergency confinement) · he סֶגֶר (emergency confinement) · ja 都市封鎖 (emergency confinement) · el λοκντάουν (emergency confinement) · hi तालाबंदी (emergency confinement) · fa شهربندان (emergency confinement) · ko 제재 (emergency confinement) · ne बन्दाबन्दी (emergency confinement) · cs uzamčení (emergency confinement) · to fakataputapui (emergency confinement) · it confinamento (emergency confinement) · sv nedstängning (emergency confinement) · fi eristäminen (emergency confinement) · is útgöngubann (emergency confinement) · es encerramiento (emergency confinement) · ml ലോക്ക്ഡൗൺ (emergency confinement) · cy clofa (emergency confinement) · sh zatvaranje (emergency confinement) · es cierre de emergencia (emergency confinement) · id karantina wilayah (emergency confinement) · fi aresti (emergency confinement) · af staat van inperking (emergency confinement) · ka ლოკდაუნი (emergency confinement) · tr karantina (emergency confinement) · pt bloqueio total (emergency confinement) · nb nedleggelse (emergency confinement) · ga dianghlasáil (emergency confinement) · es enclaustramiento (emergency confinement) · sh затваранје (emergency confinement) · ko 폐쇄 (emergency confinement) · mi rāhuitanga (emergency confinement) · ia lockdown (emergency confinement) · eo enŝloso (emergency confinement) · ru самоизоля́ция (emergency confinement) · fi ulkonaliikkumiskielto (emergency confinement) · fi sulkutoimi (emergency confinement) · eu konfinamendu (emergency confinement) · tr sokağa çıkma kısıtlaması (emergency confinement) · cmn 行動限制 /行动限制 (emergency confinement) · ru изоля́ция (emergency confinement) · nl lockdown (emergency confinement) · nb nedstengning (emergency confinement) · sw kifungo (emergency confinement) · uk ізоля́ція (emergency confinement) · cs uzávěra (emergency confinement) · th ล็อกดาวน์ (emergency confinement) · gl peche (emergency confinement) · te లాక్ డౌన్ (emergency confinement) · li toesmeet (emergency confinement) · ta பொது முடக்கம் (emergency confinement) · be ізаля́цыя (emergency confinement) · ar إغْلَاق (emergency confinement) · it lockdown (emergency confinement) · mk изола́ција (emergency confinement) · ja ロックダウン (emergency confinement) · fr enfermement (emergency confinement) · mk затво́рање (emergency confinement) · ml അടച്ചിടൽ (emergency confinement) · ru локда́ун (emergency confinement) · uk локда́ун (emergency confinement) · pt confinamento (emergency confinement) · eo enfermado (emergency confinement) · ko 락다운 (emergency confinement) · cy cyfnod clo (emergency confinement) · tr kapanma (emergency confinement) · fi sulkeminen (emergency confinement) · ia confinamento (emergency confinement) · ka კომენდანტის საათი (emergency confinement) · ms sekatan pergerakan (emergency confinement) · ka იზოლაცია (emergency confinement) · cs lockdown (emergency confinement) · cmn 封城 (emergency confinement) · bn অবরুদ্ধকরণ (emergency confinement) · pl lockdown (emergency confinement) · af grendeltoestan (emergency confinement) · id kuncitara (emergency confinement) · ur تالابندی (emergency confinement) · be лакда́ўн (emergency confinement) · ca confinament (emergency confinement) · mr टाळेबंदी (emergency confinement)