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seclude
se·clude S0200600 (sĭ-klo͞od′)tr.v. se·clud·ed, se·clud·ing, se·cludes To set or keep apart, as from social contact with others. See Synonyms at isolate. [Middle English secluden, to shut off, from Latin sēclūdere : sē-, apart; see s(w)e- in Indo-European roots + claudere, to shut.]seclude (sɪˈkluːd) vb (tr) 1. to remove from contact with others2. to shut off or screen from view[C15: from Latin sēclūdere to shut off, from sē- + claudere to shut, imprison]se•clude (sɪˈklud) v.t. -clud•ed, -clud•ing. 1. to remove from social contact and activity; isolate. 2. to shut off; keep apart: They secluded the garden from the rest of the property. [1425–75; late Middle English < Latin sēclūdere=sē- se- + -clūdere, comb. form of claudere to close] seclude Past participle: secluded Gerund: secluding
Present |
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I seclude | you seclude | he/she/it secludes | we seclude | you seclude | they seclude |
Preterite |
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I secluded | you secluded | he/she/it secluded | we secluded | you secluded | they secluded |
Present Continuous |
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I am secluding | you are secluding | he/she/it is secluding | we are secluding | you are secluding | they are secluding |
Present Perfect |
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I have secluded | you have secluded | he/she/it has secluded | we have secluded | you have secluded | they have secluded |
Past Continuous |
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I was secluding | you were secluding | he/she/it was secluding | we were secluding | you were secluding | they were secluding |
Past Perfect |
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I had secluded | you had secluded | he/she/it had secluded | we had secluded | you had secluded | they had secluded |
Future |
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I will seclude | you will seclude | he/she/it will seclude | we will seclude | you will seclude | they will seclude |
Future Perfect |
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I will have secluded | you will have secluded | he/she/it will have secluded | we will have secluded | you will have secluded | they will have secluded |
Future Continuous |
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I will be secluding | you will be secluding | he/she/it will be secluding | we will be secluding | you will be secluding | they will be secluding |
Present Perfect Continuous |
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I have been secluding | you have been secluding | he/she/it has been secluding | we have been secluding | you have been secluding | they have been secluding |
Future Perfect Continuous |
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I will have been secluding | you will have been secluding | he/she/it will have been secluding | we will have been secluding | you will have been secluding | they will have been secluding |
Past Perfect Continuous |
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I had been secluding | you had been secluding | he/she/it had been secluding | we had been secluding | you had been secluding | they had been secluding |
Conditional |
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I would seclude | you would seclude | he/she/it would seclude | we would seclude | you would seclude | they would seclude |
Past Conditional |
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I would have secluded | you would have secluded | he/she/it would have secluded | we would have secluded | you would have secluded | they would have secluded | ThesaurusVerb | 1. | seclude - keep away from others; "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book"sequestrate, sequester, withdrawisolate, insulate - place or set apart; "They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates"adjourn, retire, withdraw - break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library" |
secludeverb1. To set apart from a group:close off, cut off, insulate, isolate, segregate, separate, sequester.2. To put into solitude:cloister, sequester, sequestrate.Translationsseclude
Synonyms for secludeverb to set apart from a groupSynonyms- close off
- cut off
- insulate
- isolate
- segregate
- separate
- sequester
verb to put into solitudeSynonyms- cloister
- sequester
- sequestrate
Synonyms for secludeverb keep away from othersSynonyms- sequestrate
- sequester
- withdraw
Related Words- isolate
- insulate
- adjourn
- retire
- withdraw
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