social distancing
Speech parts
1. social distancing - Noun
2. social distancing - Verb
Meaning
social distancing (uncountable)
(epidemiology) The practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases by isolating those with such diseases in quarantines, maintaining space between individuals, and prohibiting certain activities.
social distancing
present participle of social distance
Alternative names
social-distancing
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Examples
A Biden win next week is not the impression you get from VP’s occasional forays out of the basement, where a dozen people stand dutifully inside social-distancing circles or sit in cars, feebly honking their horns.
A list of those essential activities includes recreational activities such as walking, biking, fishing and running, so long as people comply with social-distancing guidelines.
Although she had to postpone an experiment scheduled for this summer, she'll continue her experiment, checking on the freezers and her models of seawater, albeit in a limited, social-distancing fashion — just one hour a week.
A few hundred more spectators watched from further away, observing social-distancing guidelines.
An early May Saturday with temperatures in the 70s brought crowds of people outside to enjoy the sunshine and stern reminders from Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Mayor Lori Lightfoot that social-distancing requirements remain in place, no matter the weather.
Appearing on “Good Morning America” on Monday, Dolphins CEO/president Tom Garfinkel revealed mock-ups of new entrances into the stadium in order to comply with social-distancing guidelines.