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incommunicado

(ɪnkəmjuːnɪkɑːdoʊ)

1. adjective

If someone is being kept incommunicado, they are not allowed to talk to anyone outside the place where they are.

He was held incommunicado in prison for ten days before being released without charge.

2. adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE]

If someone is incommunicado, they do not want to be disturbed, or are in a place where they cannot be contacted.

Yesterday she was incommunicado, putting the finishing touches to her autobiography.

He is incommunicado in a secluded cottage in Wales.

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incommunicado in British English

or incomunicado (ˌɪnkəˌmjuːnɪˈkɑːdəʊ)

adverb, adjective

(postpositive)

deprived of communication with other people, as while in solitary confinement

Word origin

C19: from Spanish incomunicado, from incomunicar to deprive of communication; see in-1, communicate

incommunicado in American English

(ˌɪnkəˌmjunɪˈkɑdoʊ)

adjective, adverb

without a means of communicating

in isolation or seclusion

a prisoner held incommunicado, a celebrity living incommunicado

not willing to communicate with others

Word origin

Sp incomunicado < pp. of incomunicar, to isolate, cut off from communication < in- (< L in-, in-2) + comunicar < L communicare, to communicate

Examples of 'incommunicado' in a sentence
incommunicado

He did not know that he was effectively incommunicado, having been allowed a visit from his daughter.When the time was right the Djakarta cops picked him up and held him incommunicado and there I was waiting, the ideal substitute.`I was incommunicado ," Brenda began, the words coming out very slowly.she asked when I told her Mama was bedded and incommunicado.

(adverb) in the sense of in purdah

Definition

not allowed to communicate with other people, for instance while in solitary confinement

He was held incommunicado in prison for ten days.

Synonyms

in purdah

under house arrest

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incomparable
incomparably
incompatibility

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incommunicado

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单词	incommunicado
释义	Trends of incommunicado View usage for: incommunicado (ɪnkəmjuːnɪkɑːdoʊ) 1. adjective If someone is being kept incommunicado, they are not allowed to talk to anyone outside the place where they are. He was held incommunicado in prison for ten days before being released without charge. 2. adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE] If someone is incommunicado, they do not want to be disturbed, or are in a place where they cannot be contacted. Yesterday she was incommunicado, putting the finishing touches to her autobiography. He is incommunicado in a secluded cottage in Wales. More Synonyms of incommunicado incommunicado in British English or incomunicado (ˌɪnkəˌmjuːnɪˈkɑːdəʊ) adverb, adjective (postpositive) deprived of communication with other people, as while in solitary confinement Word origin C19: from Spanish incomunicado, from incomunicar to deprive of communication; see in-1, communicate incommunicado in American English (ˌɪnkəˌmjunɪˈkɑdoʊ) US adjective, adverb 1. without a means of communicating 2. in isolation or seclusion a prisoner held incommunicado, a celebrity living incommunicado 3. not willing to communicate with others Word origin Sp incomunicado < pp. of incomunicar, to isolate, cut off from communication < in- (< L in-, in-2) + comunicar < L communicare, to communicate Examples of 'incommunicado' in a sentence incommunicado He did not know that he was effectively incommunicado, having been allowed a visit from his daughter. Kippax, Frank THE SCAR (1993) When the time was right the Djakarta cops picked him up and held him incommunicado and there I was waiting, the ideal substitute. Maclean, Alistair THE LONELY SEA (1993) `I was incommunicado ," Brenda began, the words coming out very slowly. Telushkin, Josef THE UNORTHODOX MURDER OF RABBI MOSS (1993) she asked when I told her Mama was bedded and incommunicado. Womack, Jack RANDOM ACTS OF SENSELESS VIOLENCE (1993) (adverb) in the sense of in purdah Definition not allowed to communicate with other people, for instance while in solitary confinement He was held incommunicado in prison for ten days. Synonyms in purdah under house arrest Nearby words of incommunicado incommode incommodious incommunicable incommunicado incomparable incomparably incompatibility Synonyms of 'incommunicado' incommunicado Explore 'incommunicado' in the dictionary
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