Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Removed or remote from others; solitary.
- adjective Screened from view; sequestered.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Separated from others; withdrawn from public observation; retired; living in retirement: as, a secluded spot; to pass a secluded life.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Hidden ,isolated ,remote . - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
seclude .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective hidden from general view or use
- adjective providing privacy or seclusion
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Examples
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“grew beneath her parents eyes” is a meaning opposite to the text. she dwelt απο προγονων [3] — this you have rendered too laxly in secluded from the world.
Letter 138 1795
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February 22nd, 2009 at 3: 29 pm eastern Kentucky, where the growing often takes place in secluded spots on NPS land
Matthew Yglesias » The Virtue of Quasi-Legal Status for Marijuana 2009
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Up till now, the practice was encouraged at stately homes around the country where "pee bales" have been deposited in secluded areas of National Trust gardens to allow male members of staff to relieve themselves.
An Ominous Story 2009
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We wrote a lot of it in secluded, rural, upstate NY, and trying to fill every possible space with sound wasn't as much of a priority -- possibly in part because we could hear so much better.
Jon Chattman: Entering The Orchard with Ra Ra Riot Jon Chattman 2010
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Phelps quotes a letter Bourne sent to a friend shortly thereafter, in which he laments that I feel very much secluded from the world, very much out of touch with my times ….
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We wrote a lot of it in secluded, rural, upstate NY, and trying to fill every possible space with sound wasn't as much of a priority -- possibly in part because we could hear so much better.
Jon Chattman: Entering The Orchard with Ra Ra Riot Jon Chattman 2010
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Female deer leave their fawns in secluded spots while they forage for food.
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Here and there, in secluded portions of the world, still linger a few of man's fiercer enemies.
Revolution 2010
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Female deer leave their fawns in secluded spots while they forage for food.
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Apparently, it is felt much cheaper to now lock people away in secluded areas than to actually spend their NI contributions on treating them.
Village of Mystery Peter Ashley 2008
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