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   isolate

   verb

   • 1. cause (a person or place) to be or remain alone or apart from others: "a country which is isolated from the rest of the world" Similar separateset apartsegregatedetachcut offkeep apartcocooninsulatequarantinekeep in solitudesequestercloistersecludedivorceshut awayalienatedistanceexcludekeep outcordon offform a ring aroundput a cordon sanitaire aroundseal offclose offfence offrope offscreen offtape offcurtain offshut offpartition offOpposite integrate
   • ▪ place (a person or animal) in quarantine to prevent the spread of an infectious disease: "the best way to isolate sick fish is to set up a hospital tank" Similar separateset apartsegregatedetachcut offkeep apartcocooninsulatequarantinekeep in solitudesequestercloistersecludedivorceshut awayalienatedistanceexcludekeep outcordon offform a ring aroundput a cordon sanitaire aroundseal offclose offfence offrope offscreen offtape offcurtain offshut offpartition offOpposite integrate
   • ▪ remain apart from others for a period of time, especially in order to avoid catching or transmitting an infectious disease: "the governor urged residents to isolate to limit the spread of the virus"
   • 2. identify (something) and examine or deal with it separately: "his difficulty will be to isolate the factors which are most significant" Similar identifysingle outpick outspotpoint outrecognizepinpointpin downput one's finger ondiscerndistinguishdiscoverfindlocatesort outfilter outseparate outweed outOpposite confuse
   • ▪ cut off the electrical or other connection to (something, especially a part of a supply network): "engineers isolated the gas supply to the house"
   • ▪ cut off the electrical or other connection to (something, especially a part of a supply network).
   • ▪ obtain or extract (a compound, microorganism, etc.) in a pure form: "the medical world would never come to grips with polio until it could isolate the virus which caused it"

   noun

   • 1. a person or thing that has been or become isolated: "social isolates often become careless of their own welfare"
   • 2. a culture of microorganisms isolated for study.

   Word Origin early 19th century (as a verb): back-formation from isolated.

   Derivatives

   • 1. isolable adjective
   • 2. isolatable adjective
   • 3. isolator noun

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   What does isolate mean?

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   How do you isolate a person?

   • When you remove or set apart one thing from others, you isolate it. You could isolate yourself from people by living in a remote hut or, if you're a biologist, you could isolate a chromosome. The verb isolate comes from the adjective isolated, which comes from the Latin insulatas, meaning “made into an island.”

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   What does it mean to isolate a person or organization?

   • To isolate a person or organization means to cause them to lose their friends or supporters. This policy could isolate the country from the other permanent members of the United Nations Security Council. [VERB noun + from] Political influence is being used to shape public opinion and isolate critics. [VERB noun]

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   What does isolation mean?

   • 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. 3.

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