incommunicado
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Incommunicado — Incommunicado, eigentlich: „incomunicado“ (Spanisch, Portugiesisch), bedeutet „nicht fähig zu sein, sich der Außenwelt mitzuteilen“, oder bezeichnet den Zustand, von jeglicher Kommunikation abgeschnitten zu sein. Man spricht in diesem… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Incommunicado — Incommunicado, as an adjective or adverb, refers to a situation or a behaviour due to which communication with outsiders is not possible, for either voluntary or involuntary reasons, especially due to confinement or reclusiveness. Incommunicado… … Wikipedia
incommunicado — ☆ incommunicado [in΄kə myo͞o΄ni kä′dō ] adj., adv. [Sp incomunicado < pp. of incomunicar, to isolate, cut off from communication < in (< L in , IN 2) + comunicar < L communicare, to COMMUNICATE] 1. without a means of communicating 2.… … English World dictionary
incommunicado — without a means of communicating. By statute in England a person detained is not supposed to be kept incommunicado: Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984. In Scotland the position is much the same except for cases of detention under Section 2 of… … Law dictionary
incommunicado — 1844, American English, from Sp. incomunicado, pp. of incomunicar deprive of communication, from in not + comunicar communicate, from L. communicare to share, impart (see COMMUNICATION (Cf. communication)) … Etymology dictionary
incommunicado — meaning ‘having no communication with others’, is spelt with two ms … Modern English usage
incommunicado — ► ADJECTIVE & ADVERB ▪ not able to communicate with other people. ORIGIN Spanish incomunicado, from incomunicar deprive of communication … English terms dictionary
incommunicado — [[t]ɪ̱nkəmjuːnɪkɑ͟ːdoʊ[/t]] 1) ADJ: usu v n ADJ 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 … English dictionary
incommunicado — adverb or adjective Etymology: Spanish incomunicado, from past participle of incomunicar to deprive of communication, from in (from Latin) + comunicar to communicate, from Latin communicare Date: 1844 without means of communication ; in a… … New Collegiate Dictionary
incommunicado — 1. adjective In a state or condition in which one is unable or unwilling to communicate. The father of a woman living in the incommunicado world of the Big Brother house in Australia has died but his daughter has not been told. 2. adverb In a… … Wiktionary
incommunicado — adv. to hold smb. incommunicado * * * [ˌɪnkəmjuːnɪ kɑːdəʊ] to hold smb. incommunicado … Combinatory dictionary
