Which of the following words has been named the ‘2020 Word of the Year’ by Cambridge Dictionary?
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is option 2 i.e. Quarantine.
- Cambridge Dictionary has named 'quarantine' as Word of the Year 2020.
- Quarantine was the only word to rank in the top five for both search spikes and overall views (more than 183,000 by early November), with the largest spike in searches (28,545) seen in the week of March 18-24.
- Existing meanings of the word include: “a specific period of time in which a person or animal that has a disease, or may have one, must stay or be kept away from others in order to prevent the spread of the disease.”