verb#4,322 by frequency
isolate
/ˈaɪ.sə.leɪt/
To set apart or cut off from others; To place in quarantine or isolation; To separate a substance in pure form from a mixture
- he/she/it
- isolates
- past participle
- isolated
Meanings
- 1
To set apart or cut off from others
No nation can exist completely isolated from others.
Tatoeba · CM · CC BY 2.0 FR
The village is isolated from the world.
Tatoeba · DJ_Saidez · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
To place in quarantine or isolation
- 3
To separate a substance in pure form from a mixture
- 4
To insulate, or make free of external influencerare
- 5
To separate a pure strain of bacteria etc. from a mixed culturerare
- 6
To insulate an electrical component from a source of electricityrare
- 7
To self-isolaterare