seclude
verb /sɪˈkluːd/
/sɪˈkluːd/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they seclude | /sɪˈkluːd/ /sɪˈkluːd/ |
| he / she / it secludes | /sɪˈkluːdz/ /sɪˈkluːdz/ |
| past simple secluded | /sɪˈkluːdɪd/ /sɪˈkluːdɪd/ |
| past participle secluded | /sɪˈkluːdɪd/ /sɪˈkluːdɪd/ |
| -ing form secluding | /sɪˈkluːdɪŋ/ /sɪˈkluːdɪŋ/ |
- seclude yourself/somebody (from somebody/something) to keep yourself/somebody away from contact with other people
- The monks secluded themselves from the rest of society.
- She spent the morning secluded in her office.
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘obstruct access to’): from Latin secludere, from se- ‘apart’ + claudere ‘to shut’.