Meanings
present singular third person self-isolates · participle present self-isolating · participle past self-isolated · past self-isolated
- epidemiologyTo quarantine or isolate oneself from others, especially in order to avoid spreading a communicable disease.
However, in all cases, if you cancel and do not wish to rebook you lose the money. To me this seems rather unfair if, for example, the passenger is being told to self-isolate owing to age for several months and cannot select a future date.
2020 March 25, “Network News: Passengers offered refunds or switched fares: Comment”, in Rail, page 7Synonyms: self-quarantine
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo quarantine or isolate oneself from others, especially in order to avoid spreading a communicable disease.
Origin
Translations
Finnish olla omaehtoisessa eristyksessä
- olla omaehtoisessa eristyksessäisolate oneself
Polish izolować się od innych
- izolować się od innychisolate oneself
Scottish Gaelic cùm fa leth
- cùm fa lethisolate oneself
Turkish kendini izole etmek
- kendini izole etmekisolate oneself
Vietnamese tự cách ly
- tự cách lyisolate oneself
Welsh hunanynysu
- hunanynysuisolate oneself
Cite this entry
self-isolate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-isolate
“self-isolate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-isolate. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “self-isolate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-isolate.
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