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The purpose of farming is to deprive other species of the land and sequester it for our own use. But by perfecting the art of monoculture, it has become too easy for us to exterminate everything else, leaving no wild plants, no food for insects, and a barren land for birds.
Tristram Stuart

Meaning of "sequester" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SEQUESTER

From Late Latin sequestrāre to surrender for safekeeping, from Latin sequester a trustee.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SEQUESTER

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SEQUESTER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sequester is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb sequester in English.

WHAT DOES SEQUESTER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of sequester in the English dictionary

The first definition of sequester in the dictionary is to remove or separate. Other definition of sequester is to retire into seclusion. Sequester is also to take temporarily out of the possession of its owner, esp until the claims of creditors are satisfied or a court order is complied with.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SEQUESTER

PRESENT

Present
I sequester
you sequester
he/she/it sequesters
we sequester
you sequester
they sequester
Present continuous
I am sequestering
you are sequestering
he/she/it is sequestering
we are sequestering
you are sequestering
they are sequestering
Present perfect
I have sequestered
you have sequestered
he/she/it has sequestered
we have sequestered
you have sequestered
they have sequestered
Present perfect continuous
I have been sequestering
you have been sequestering
he/she/it has been sequestering
we have been sequestering
you have been sequestering
they have been sequestering
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I sequestered
you sequestered
he/she/it sequestered
we sequestered
you sequestered
they sequestered
Past continuous
I was sequestering
you were sequestering
he/she/it was sequestering
we were sequestering
you were sequestering
they were sequestering
Past perfect
I had sequestered
you had sequestered
he/she/it had sequestered
we had sequestered
you had sequestered
they had sequestered
Past perfect continuous
I had been sequestering
you had been sequestering
he/she/it had been sequestering
we had been sequestering
you had been sequestering
they had been sequestering
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will sequester
you will sequester
he/she/it will sequester
we will sequester
you will sequester
they will sequester
Future continuous
I will be sequestering
you will be sequestering
he/she/it will be sequestering
we will be sequestering
you will be sequestering
they will be sequestering
Future perfect
I will have sequestered
you will have sequestered
he/she/it will have sequestered
we will have sequestered
you will have sequestered
they will have sequestered
Future perfect continuous
I will have been sequestering
you will have been sequestering
he/she/it will have been sequestering
we will have been sequestering
you will have been sequestering
they will have been sequestering
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would sequester
you would sequester
he/she/it would sequester
we would sequester
you would sequester
they would sequester
Conditional continuous
I would be sequestering
you would be sequestering
he/she/it would be sequestering
we would be sequestering
you would be sequestering
they would be sequestering
Conditional perfect
I would have sequester
you would have sequester
he/she/it would have sequester
we would have sequester
you would have sequester
they would have sequester
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been sequestering
you would have been sequestering
he/she/it would have been sequestering
we would have been sequestering
you would have been sequestering
they would have been sequestering
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you sequester
we let´s sequester
you sequester
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to sequester
Past participle
sequestered
Present Participle
sequestering
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SEQUESTER


cesta
ˈsɛstə
Chester
ˈtʃɛstə
cuesta
ˈkwɛstə
Esther
ˈɛstə
fiesta
fɪˈɛstə
investor
ɪnˈvɛstə
NESTA
ˈnɛstə
northwester
ˌnɔːθˈwɛstə
nor´wester
ˌnɔːˈwɛstə
polyester
ˌpɒlɪˈɛstə
quester
ˈkwɛstə
questor
ˈkwɛstə
requester
rɪˈkwɛstə
rester
ˈrɛstə
semester
sɪˈmɛstə
southwester
ˌsaʊθˈwɛstə
sou´wester
saʊˈwɛstə
testa
ˈtɛstə
tester
ˈtɛstə
wester
ˈwɛstə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SEQUESTER

sequence of tenses
sequencer
sequencing
sequency
sequent
sequential
sequential access
sequential scanning
sequentiality
sequentially
sequently
sequestered
sequestra
sequestrable
sequestral
sequestrant
sequestrate
sequestration
sequestrator
sequestrum

WORDS THAT END LIKE SEQUESTER

Cheshire West and Chester
Chichester
child molester
Colchester
Dorchester
ester
faster
fester
forester
Gloucester
Greater Manchester
harvester
jester
manchester
mester
protester
Rochester
Sylvester
trimester
winchester
Worcester

Synonyms and antonyms of sequester in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SEQUESTER»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «sequester» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of sequester

Translation of «sequester» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SEQUESTER

Find out the translation of sequester to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sequester from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sequester» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

隔离
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

secuestrar
570 millions of speakers

English

sequester
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

एकांत में रहना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عزل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

секвестр
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

seqüestrar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্বতন্ত্র করিয়া রাখা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

séquestrer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pengesan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

sequestrieren
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

隔離する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

격리시키는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Urutan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tịch thâu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பிரிப்பதற்குள்ள
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अलग करणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ayırmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sequestrare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

izolować
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

секвестр
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sechestra
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

θέτω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

anneksasie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sekvestrera
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

beslaglegge
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sequester

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SEQUESTER»

The term «sequester» is regularly used and occupies the 60.935 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SEQUESTER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «sequester» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «sequester» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sequester

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2 QUOTES WITH «SEQUESTER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word sequester.
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Winona LaDuke
If we moved from industrialized agriculture to re-localized organic agriculture, we could sequester about one quarter of the carbon moving into the air and destroying our glaciers, oceans, forests and lands.
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Tristram Stuart
The purpose of farming is to deprive other species of the land and sequester it for our own use. But by perfecting the art of monoculture, it has become too easy for us to exterminate everything else, leaving no wild plants, no food for insects, and a barren land for birds.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SEQUESTER»

Discover the use of sequester in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sequester and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Potential of U.S. Cropland to Sequester Carbon and ...
Topics include: Describe the greenhouse processes and global tends in emissions as well as the three principal components of anthropogenic global warming potential Present data on U.S. emissions and agriculture's related role Examines the ...
John M. Kimble, Ronald F. Follett, C. Vernon Cole, 1998
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The Potential of U.S. Forest Soils to Sequester Carbon and ...
The Potential of U.S. Forest Soils to Sequester Carbon and Mitigate the Greenhouse Effect provides researchers and policy makers with an understanding of soil processes and their relation to carbon dynamics, as well as strategies to monitor ...
John M. Kimble, Rattan Lal, Richard Birdsey, 2002
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The Potential of U.S. Grazing Lands to Sequester Carbon and ...
The Potential of U.S. Grazing Lands to Sequester Carbon and Mitigate the Greenhouse Effect gives you an in-depth look at this possibility.
Ronald F. Follett, John M. Kimble, 2000
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Congressional Record, V. 145, Pt. 14, August 4, 1999 to ...
Mr. President, I ask there be printed in the Record a statement "Sequester Impact of Tax Bill," prepared today by the Office of Management and Budget. I will read two sentences: Beginning in 2002, Medicare would be cut by 4 percent each ...
Congress
5
Medical Legal Aspects of Medical Records
Radiology and laboratory departments should be notified to sequester originals and maintain all films, reports, and specimens until notified in writing by Risk Management to release them. This process should as- sure that only a copy of the ...
Patricia W. Iyer, Barbara J. Levin, Mary Ann Shea, 2006
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Bandscheibenbedingte Erkrankungen
Von der intradiska- len Massenverschiebung bis zum freien Sequester im Wirbelkanal gibt es alle Übergänge. Entsprechend den Empfehlungen des Arbeitskreises „Degenerative Wirbelsäulenerkrankungen" (jetzt Sektion) der Deutschen ...
Wolfgang A. Herrmann, 1996
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Soil Processes and the Carbon Cycle
The quantities of nitrogen, sulfur, and phosphorus needed to sequester a given quantity of carbon can be estimated from these ratios. The exact quantities of these elements needed to sequester a given amount of carbon are very difficult to  ...
Rattan Lal, John M. Kimble, Ronald F. Follett, 1997
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Economics of sequesterings Carbon in the Agricultural Sector
(2003) estimate that U.S. croplands could be managed to sequester an additional 60-70 MMT of carbon per year. Lal et al (1998) put this figure at 75-208 MMT. Follett et al. (2001) estimate that U.S. grazing lands could be managed to ...
9
An American Vision: Policies for the '90s
programs would be eligible for a sequester. Furthermore, there is nothing to stop Congress from changing the sequester guidelines whenever the legislators so desire. Not only should Gramm-Rudman-Hollings be protected against assault, ...
Edward H. Crane, David Boaz, 1989
10
MR Imaging of the Spine and Spinal Cord
4.49 a-c Small intraspinal sequester originating from the L3/L4 disk: a T2- weighted image (TSE; TR = 4400ms, TE = 120ms): The small sequester is identifiable immediately below the L3/L4 disk as a circumscribed small dark structure that is ...
Detlev Uhlenbrock, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SEQUESTER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sequester is used in the context of the following news items.
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CBO: Sequester cuts would cost up to 1.6M jobs through 2014
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office on Thursday estimated that keeping the spending cuts from sequestration in place through fiscal 2014 would cost ... «The Hill, Jul 13»
2
Sequester cuts hurting our kids, elderly
Air travelers across the country are breathing a sigh of relief that they might get to their destinations on time after Congress took action to roll back a part of the ... «CNN, Apr 13»
3
Dozens of air shows cancelled after military jets grounded due to …
Dozens of air shows cancelled after military jets grounded due to sequester. Published April 29, 2013. Associated Press. Facebook0 Twitter0 Email Print. «Fox News, Apr 13»
4
Congress Approves Plan to End Sequester Flight Delays
The House of Representatives on Friday overwhelmingly approved a Senate plan to ease nationwide air traffic delays caused by automatic federal spending ... «CNBC.com, Apr 13»
5
After poor jobs report, politicians trade blame for sequester
While the recovery was gaining traction before sequestration took effect, these arbitrary and unnecessary cuts to government services will be a headwind in the ... «CBS News, Apr 13»
6
Obama to return 5% of salary because of sequester
President Obama plans to take a 5% salary cut in support of federal workers who are going to be furloughed, officials said Wednesday. The decision comes a ... «USA TODAY, Apr 13»
7
White House scolds media for failing to cover pain caused by …
White House spokesman Jay Carney lamented during a press conference Tuesday that the media are not covering the sequester's “impacts on real people.”. «Daily Caller, Apr 13»
8
The Sequester Cuts' Impact Goes Deeper Than White House Tours …
WASHINGTON -- The debate over sequestration this past week has come down to two questions: Was the administration exaggerating the impact of the ... «Huffington Post, Mar 13»
9
White House cancels tours due to sequester
The White House announced Tuesday it is canceling public tours starting this weekend because of the sequestration. The tours will stop after Friday, according ... «USA TODAY, Mar 13»
10
Sequester Cuts 'Will Impact Food Inspection,' Reducing Meat Supply …
Of all the possible consequences of the U.S. budget sequestration that popped up in the media before Friday's deadline, few provoked as much fear and ... «Huffington Post, Mar 13»

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