Isolate Definition

īsə-lāt
isolated, isolates, isolating
verb
isolated, isolates, isolating
To set apart from others; place alone.
Webster's New World
To place in quarantine.
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To place or keep (a patient) apart from others to prevent the spread of infection.
Webster's New World
To cause to become socially or politically unengaged or ostracized.
An immigrant who was isolated by his poor language skills.
American Heritage
To render free of external influence; insulate.
A system of government that isolated its citizens from foreign ideas.
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adjective
Separated from others.
An isolate population.
American Heritage
Of or relating to someone or something that is set apart.
Webster's New World
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noun
isolates
A person or group that is set apart.
Webster's New World
A person who is separated from normal social activity, as through choice, rejection, psychological problems, etc.
Webster's New World
A population of microorganisms or viruses that has been isolated.
American Heritage
A language isolate.
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Other Word Forms of Isolate

Noun

Singular:
isolate
Plural:
isolates

Origin of Isolate

  • Back-formation from isolated, from French isolé, from Italian insolato, from Latin insulatus (cognate with insulate).

    From Wiktionary

  • Back-formation from isolated

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Isolate Sentence Examples

  • All she did was isolate the children and Alex.

  • Dean tried to isolate the sound, looking frantically in all downward directions, trying to see a trace, a telltale puff of smoke in the gathering dusk.

  • The metal is difficult to isolate, and until recently it may be doubted whether the pure metal had been obtained.

  • To do this, make sure to add at least 30-60 grams of whey protein isolate to the carbohydrate beverage.

  • According to its position in the periodic classification of the elements one would expect its atomic weight to be less than that of iodine, instead of approximately equal, and on this account many efforts have been made to isolate another element from tellurium compounds, but none have as yet been successful.

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Words Starting With

IISISO

Words Ending With

ETEATE

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isolate

Words Starting With I and Ending With E

Starts With I & Ends With EStarts With IS & Ends With EStarts With I & Ends With TE

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With I7 Letter Words Ending With E