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# lockdown

«lockdown» in Mova's school dictionary: **a time when people must stay at home and many places…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a lockdown, lockdowns; lockdown — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A lockdown is a time when people must stay at home and many places close, to stop a disease spreading. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lockdown/#m1)

2) A lockdown is a safety drill or emergency when everyone in a building, like a school, stays inside with doors locked because of danger outside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lockdown/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In recent history, many countries had lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic: schools closed, lessons went online, and people kept apart. At school, a lockdown drill practises what to do if there is danger outside: go inside, lock doors, stay quiet and follow the teacher. Phrases: «in lockdown», «go into lockdown», «lockdown drill», «during lockdown».

### examples

- During lockdown we had lessons on the computer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lockdown/#x1)
- The city went into lockdown to stop the virus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lockdown/#x2)
- We practised a lockdown drill at school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lockdown/#x3)
- In a lockdown, stay quiet and listen to your teacher. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lockdown/#x4)
- The shops were closed during the lockdown. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lockdown/#x5)
- I baked bread with Dad in lockdown. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lockdown/#x6)
- The school was in lockdown until the police said it was safe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lockdown/#x7)
- Lockdown was hard because we missed our friends. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lockdown/#x8)

### note

One word: lock + down. In a school lockdown drill, stay calm, follow adults and do not use your phone unless told to. A lockdown is different from an evacuation: in a lockdown you stay inside; in an evacuation you leave.

### In the corpora

- [In a lockdown drill you stay silent, follow the teacher and keep away from doors and windows until told it is over.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/253-getting-ready-and-the-school-day/12/)
- [Schools practise lockdown drills so everyone knows what to do in an emergency; real emergencies are very rare.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/22-guns-school-safety-and-arguments-about-schools/7/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «lockdown» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lockdown/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.