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I0253200 (ī′sə-lāt′)tr.v. i·so·lat·ed, i·so·lat·ing, i·so·lates 1. 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.3. 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.

[Back-formation from isolated.]

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.

isolate

vb (tr) 1. to place apart; cause to be alone2. (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 form4. (Microbiology) to obtain pure cultures of (bacteria, esp those causing a particular disease)5. (Electronics) electronics to prevent interaction between (circuits, components, etc); insulate n 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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(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. n. 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
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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

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	isolate - place or set apart; "They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates"insulatesegregate - 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 reactionspreisolate - isolate beforehandacquire, 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, sequesterdisunite, 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 thempsychological science, psychology - the science of mental lifeclass, classify, sort out, assort, sort, separate - arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"

isolate

verb1. 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.2. quarantine, separate, exclude, cut off, detached, keep in solitude Patients will be isolated for one month after treatment.

isolate

verbTo set apart from a group:close off, cut off, insulate, seclude, segregate, separate, sequester.adjectiveSet away from all others:alone, apart, detached, isolated, lone, removed, solitary.

Translations

隔离

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.隔离ˈisolated adjective lonely; standing alone. 孤立的ˌisoˈlation noun隔离

isolate

[i´so-lāt] 1. to separate from others, or set apart.2. a group of individuals prevented by geographic, genetic, ecologic, or social barriers from interbreeding with others of their kind.3. a pure microbial strain that has been separated from a mixed laboratory culture.

i·so·late

(ī'sō-lāt), 1. To separate, to set apart from others; that which is so treated. 2. To free of chemical contaminants. 3. In psychoanalysis, to separate ideas, experiences, or memories from the affects pertaining to them. 4. In group psychotherapy, a patient to whom others in the group do not respond. 5. Viable organisms separated on a single occasion from a sample taken from a host or culture system. 6. A population that for geographic, linguistic, cultural, social, religious, or other reasons is subject to little or no gene flow. Synonym(s): genetic isolate [It. isolare; Mediev. L. insulo, pp. -atus, to insulate, fr. L. insula, island]

isolate

(ī′sə-lāt′)v.1. To set apart or cut off from others.2. To place in quarantine.3. To separate a pure strain from a mixed bacterial or fungal culture.n. (-lĭt, -lāt′) A bacterial or fungal strain that has been isolated.

i′so·la′tion (-lā′shən) n.i′so·la′tor n.

i·so·late

(ī'sŏ-lāt, ī'sŏ-lăt) 1. To separate, to set apart from others; that which is so treated. 2. To free of chemical contaminants. 3. psychoanalysis To separate experiences or memories from the affects pertaining to them. 4. group psychotherapy A person to whom others in the group do not respond. 5. Viable organisms separated on a single occasion from a field sample in experimental hosts, culture systems, or stabilates. 6. A population that for geographic, linguistic, cultural, social, religious, or other reasons is subject to little or no genetic flow. [It. isolare; Mediev. L. insulo, pp. -atus, to insulate, fr. L. insula, island]

isolate

to separate a microorganism from fresh material and to establish it in pure culture.
a single pure culture of a microorganism.

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verb separate

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adj set away from all others

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verb obtain in pure form

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