isolate

i·so·late

(ī′sə-lāt′)

tr.v. i·so·lat·ed, i·so·lat·ing, i·so·lates

a. To cause to be alone or apart, as in being inaccessible or unable to move about: The police isolated the area until more help could arrive.

b. To place in quarantine.

c. To cause to become socially or politically unengaged or ostracized: an immigrant who was isolated by his poor language skills.

d. To render free of external influence; insulate: a system of government that isolated its citizens from foreign ideas.

2. To identify or distinguish as a separate entity or group: The study tried to isolate the effects of changing schools on student performance.

a. Chemistry To separate (a substance) in pure form from a combined mixture.

b. Microbiology To separate (a pure strain of a microorganism or virus) from a mixed culture.

4. Psychology To separate (experiences or memories) from the emotions relating to them.

5. Electricity

a. To set apart (a component, circuit, or system) from a source of electricity.

b. To insulate or shield.

adj. (-lĭt, -lāt′)

Separated from others: an isolate population.

n. (-lĭt, -lāt′)

1. A person, thing, or group that has been isolated, as by geographic, ecologic, or social barriers.

2. Microbiology A population of microorganisms or viruses that has been isolated.

3. Linguistics A language isolate.

i′so·la′tor n.

Synonyms: isolate, insulate, seclude, segregate, sequester
These verbs mean to separate from others: a mountain that isolated the village from larger towns; insulated herself from the chaos surrounding her; a celebrity who was secluded from public scrutiny; segregated the infectious patients in a special ward; sequestering a jury during its deliberations.

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isolate

vb (tr)

1. to place apart; cause to be alone

2. (Medicine) med to quarantine (a person or animal having or suspected of having a contagious disease)

3. (Chemistry) to obtain (a compound) in an uncombined form

4. (Microbiology) to obtain pure cultures of (bacteria, esp those causing a particular disease)

5. (Electronics) electronics to prevent interaction between (circuits, components, etc); insulate

an isolated person or group

[C19: back formation from isolated, via Italian from Latin insulātus, literally: made into an island; see insulate]

ˈisolable, ˈisoˌlatable adj

ˌisolaˈbility n

ˈisoˌlator n

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i•so•late

(v. ˈaɪ səˌleɪt; sometimes ˈɪs ə-; n., adj. -lɪt, -ˌleɪt)

v. -lat•ed, -lat•ing,
n., adj. v.t.

1. to set or place apart; detach or separate so as to be alone.

2. to keep (an infected person) from contact with noninfected persons; quarantine.

3. to obtain (a chemical substance or microorganism) in an uncombined or pure state.

4. a person, thing, or group that is set apart or isolated, as for purposes of study.

5. something that has been isolated, as a by-product in a manufacturing process.

adj.

6. isolated; alone.

[1800–10; isolated < French isolé < Italian isolato < Latin insulātus; see insulate]

i`so•la′tion, n.

i′so•la`tor, n.

isolate

Past participle: isolated
Gerund: isolating

Imperative
isolate
isolate

Present
I isolate
you isolate
he/she/it isolates
we isolate
you isolate
they isolate

Preterite
I isolated
you isolated
he/she/it isolated
we isolated
you isolated
they isolated

Present Continuous
I am isolating
you are isolating
he/she/it is isolating
we are isolating
you are isolating
they are isolating

Present Perfect
I have isolated
you have isolated
he/she/it has isolated
we have isolated
you have isolated
they have isolated

Past Continuous
I was isolating
you were isolating
he/she/it was isolating
we were isolating
you were isolating
they were isolating

Past Perfect
I had isolated
you had isolated
he/she/it had isolated
we had isolated
you had isolated
they had isolated

Future
I will isolate
you will isolate
he/she/it will isolate
we will isolate
you will isolate
they will isolate

Future Perfect
I will have isolated
you will have isolated
he/she/it will have isolated
we will have isolated
you will have isolated
they will have isolated

Future Continuous
I will be isolating
you will be isolating
he/she/it will be isolating
we will be isolating
you will be isolating
they will be isolating

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been isolating
you have been isolating
he/she/it has been isolating
we have been isolating
you have been isolating
they have been isolating

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been isolating
you will have been isolating
he/she/it will have been isolating
we will have been isolating
you will have been isolating
they will have been isolating

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been isolating
you had been isolating
he/she/it had been isolating
we had been isolating
you had been isolating
they had been isolating

Conditional
I would isolate
you would isolate
he/she/it would isolate
we would isolate
you would isolate
they would isolate

Past Conditional
I would have isolated
you would have isolated
he/she/it would have isolated
we would have isolated
you would have isolated
they would have isolated

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Verb	1.	isolate - place or set apart; "They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates" insulate segregate - separate or isolate (one thing) from another and place in a group apart from others; "the sun segregates the carbon"; "large mining claims are segregated into smaller claims" ghettoise, ghettoize - put in a ghetto; "The Jews in Eastern Europe were ghettoized" cloister - seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister; "She cloistered herself in the office" seclude, sequestrate, sequester, withdraw - keep away from others; "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book" quarantine - place into enforced isolation, as for medical reasons; "My dog was quarantined before he could live in England" maroon - leave stranded on a desert island without resources; "The mutinous sailors were marooned on an island" discriminate, single out, separate - treat differently on the basis of sex or race
	2.	isolate - obtain in pure form; "The chemist managed to isolate the compound" chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions preisolate - isolate beforehand acquire, get - come into the possession of something concrete or abstract; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work"
	3.	isolate - set apart from others; "The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on" keep apart, sequestrate, set apart, sequester disunite, separate, part, divide - force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea"
	4.	isolate - separate (experiences) from the emotions relating to them psychological science, psychology - the science of mental life class, classify, sort out, assort, sort, separate - arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"

isolate

verb

1. separate, break up, cut off, detach, split up, insulate, segregate, disconnect, divorce, sequester, set apart, disunite, estrange This policy could isolate members from the UN security council.

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isolate

verb

To set apart from a group:

adjective

Set away from all others:

Translations

يَعْزِل

izolovatodříznout

isolere

elszigetel

einangra

izoliavimas

izolēt

osamiti

isolate

[ˈaɪsəʊleɪt] VT

2. (= pinpoint) [+ cause, source] → identificar; [+ problem, virus, gene] → aislar

3. (Med) (= quarantine) [+ person, animal] → aislar (from de)

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isolate

(ˈaisəleit) verb

to separate, cut off or keep apart from others. Several houses have been isolated by the flood water; A child with an infectious disease should be isolated.

ˈisolated adjectiveˌisoˈlation noun

iso·late

v. aislar, separar.

isolate

vt aislar; to — oneself aislarse