isolate
/ˈaɪ.sə.leɪt/verb3 syllables
Isolate means: set apart from others.
Synonyms for isolate9
verb, as in set apart from others
sequester, sequestrate, keep apart, set apart
verb, as in place or set apart
insulate
What does isolate mean?4
verb
1
set apart from others“The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on”
2
place or set apart“They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates”
3
obtain in pure form“The chemist managed to isolate the compound”
4
separate (experiences) from the emotions relating to them
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Isolate in a sentence
- In order to isolate him from bacteria, and such, he is not allowed visitors.fcbond
- He wants to isolate me from my friends, my family.Nuel
- Maybe you can help us isolate the problem.CK
- A language isolate is a language with no demonstrable relationship with other languages.Vanilla
- Basque is a commonly cited example of a language isolate.Vanilla
- His avoidant tendencies led him to isolate himself.Theocracy
- A language isolate is a language with no demonstrable relationship to any other language.Hybrid
- This helps isolate the client from the impact of design changes and defects.mesutb
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of isolate
as a verb
- past tense
- isolated
- present participle
- isolating
- third-person singular
- isolates
- past participle
- isolated