secluded
pronunciation
How to pronounce secluded in British English:
UK [sɪˈkluːdɪd]
How to pronounce secluded in American English:
US [sɪˈkluːdɪd]
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- Adjective:
- hidden from general view or use
- providing privacy or seclusion
Word Origin
- secluded (adj.)
- c. 1600, of persons; in reference to places, 1798, past participle adjective from seclude (v.). Earlier secluse (1590s).
Example
- 1. We go to a secluded dark table at the back of the restaurant .
- 2. Eat in one of the restaurants or create a gourmet picnic on a secluded beach .
- 3. Then everyone would get drunk or wander off for a tryst in a secluded temple .
- 4. A man who had lurked in the parking lot kicked down her door , abducted and robbed her , and drove her to a secluded field .
- 5. Throughout , secluded wooden cabins inhabit the frozen lakeshores and forest clearings , telling in microcosm the story of this once-disputed frontier territory .