seclude
pronunciation
How to pronounce seclude in British English:
UK [sɪˈklu:d]
How to pronounce seclude in American English:
US [sɪˈklud]
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- Verb:
- keep away from others
Word Origin
- seclude (v.)
- mid-15c., "to shut up, enclose, confine," from Latin secludere "shut off, confine," from se- "apart" (see secret) + -cludere, variant of claudere "to shut" (see close (v.)). Meaning "to remove or guard from public view" is recorded from 1620s. Related: Secluded; secluding.
Example
- 1. It was not right to seclude themselves like that .
- 2. To seclude yourself in your study .
- 3. The village is almost seclude from the world for the bad communications .
- 4. She would seclude herself from the world forever .
- 5. Seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister .