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sequestered

/sɪˈkwestəd/adjective

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एकांत, निर्जन

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    literary

    (of a place) quiet and far away from people

    एकांत, निर्जन

    • a sequestered valley
    • The monk lived in a sequestered cave far from the village.
    • The poet lived in a sequestered cottage by the sea.
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    • They found a sequestered spot by the river to study.
    • The old monastery stood in a sequestered corner of the hills.

    Synonyms secluded isolated remote cloistered hidden

    Opposite crowded busy public accessible

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se·ques·tered

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Keep the remote words together: sequestered, secluded, isolated, cloistered (protected from the outside world), off the beaten track.

एकांत के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: sequestered, secluded, isolated, cloistered (बाहरी दुनिया से सुरक्षित), off the beaten track।

§Grammar and usage

Usage: sequestered is a lexicalized adjective meaning secluded; the verb sequester means to isolate a jury, or (in law) to take property until a debt is paid; carbon sequestration means capturing carbon dioxide from the air.

प्रयोग में sequestered स्वतंत्र adjective है जिसका अर्थ एकांत है; verb sequester का अर्थ jury को अलग रखना, या (कानून में) कर्ज़ चुकने तक संपत्ति ज़ब्त करना है; carbon sequestration का अर्थ हवा से कार्बन डाइऑक्साइड पकड़ना है।