Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - seclusion
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n. 1 a secluded state; retirement, privacy. 2 a secluded place. Derivatives seclusionist n. seclusive adj. Etymology: med.L seclusio (as SECLUDE) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. уединение; изоляция seclusion from the world —- изолированность от всего света to live in seclusion —- жить вдали от общества, жить затворником (анахоретом) to seek the seclusion of one's room —- наслаждаться одиночеством в своей комнате she spoke to her father in the seclusion of his study —- она поговорила с отцом, уединившись с ним в его кабинете 2. редк. место уединения ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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noun уединение; to live in seclusion - жить в одиночестве, в уединении Syn: see privacy ...Англо-русский словарь
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If you are living in seclusion, you are in a quiet place away from other people. She lived in seclusion with her husband on their farm in Panama... They love the seclusion of their garden. N-UNCOUNT SECOND I. [c red]PART OF A MINUTE (seconds) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. A second is one of the sixty parts that a minute is divided into. People often say ‘a second’ or ‘seconds’ when they simply mean a very short time. For a few seconds nobody said anything... It only takes forty seconds... Her orbital speed must be a few hundred meters per second... Within seconds the other soldiers began firing too... N-COUNT II. [c red]COMING AFTER SOMETHING ELSE (seconds, seconding seconded) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Please look at category 13 to see if the expression you are looking for is shown under another headword. 1. The second item in a series is the one that you count as number two. ...the second day of his visit to Delhi. ...their second child... My son just got married for the second time... She was the second of nine children. ...King Charles the Second... Britain came second in the Prix St Georges Derby. ORD 2. Second is used before superlative adjectives to indicate that there is only one thing better or larger than the thing you are referring to. The party is still the second strongest in Italy. ...the second-largest city in the United States. ORD: ORD adj-superl 3. You say second when you want to make a second point or give a second reason for something. The soil is depleted first by having crops grown in it and second by natural weathering and bacterial action. ADV: ADV cl 4. In Britain, an upper second is a good honours degree and a lower second is an average honours degree. I then went up to Lancaster University and got an upper second. N-COUNT 5. If you have seconds, you have a second helping of food. (INFORMAL) There’s seconds if you want them. N-PLURAL 6. ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n 1 the state of being private and away from other people (live/dwell/rest etc in seclusion) (The Emperor lived in utter seclusion behind the walls of the Forbidden City. | the seclusion of) (Writers are attracted to the peace and seclusion of the area.) 2 an act of keeping yourself or someone else alone and away from other people (keep sb in seclusion) (In some societies, women are still kept in seclusion. | be in seclusion (=be in a situation where you will not or cannot see or speak to other people)) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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