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isolateisolate /ˈaɪsəˌleɪt/ ●○○ AWL verb [transitive] ETYMOLOGYisolateOrigin: 1800-1900 isolated VERB TABLEisolate |
| Present | I, you, we, they | isolate | | he, she, it | isolates | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | isolated | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have isolated | | he, she, it | has isolated | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had isolated | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will isolate | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have isolated |
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| Present | I | am isolating | | he, she, it | is isolating | | you, we, they | are isolating | | Past | I, he, she, it | was isolating | | you, we, they | were isolating | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been isolating | | he, she, it | has been isolating | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been isolating | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be isolating | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been isolating |
THESAURUSdivide► separate to divide or split into different parts, or layers, or to make something do this: The milk had separated from the cream. First separate the eggs and beat the whites (=divide the white part from the yellow part). ► divide to make something form a number of smaller parts: The teacher divided the class into groups. ► split to separate something into two or more groups, parts, etc.: We split the money between us. ► part to separate hair into two parts with a space in the middle. You can also use part more formally to talk about separating a substance so that there is a space between the two sides: He usually parts his hair in the middle. In the story Moses parts the Red Sea. ► break up to separate something into smaller parts: The phone company was broken up into smaller companies to encourage competition. ► segregate to separate one group of people from others because of race, sex, religion, etc.: Schools were racially segregated. ► isolate to keep one person or thing alone and separate from others: The hospital isolates patients who have infectious diseases. ► partition formal to divide a country, room, or building into two or more parts: After World War II, Germany was partitioned into East and West Germany. ► apportion formal to decide how something should be divided between various people: The funds are apportioned to each of the schools in the district. 1to stop someone or something from having contact with particular people, things, or ideas: isolate somebody from somebody/something Elvis Presley's early success isolated him from his friends. Many parents try to isolate their children from problems.► see thesaurus at separate22to separate an idea, word, problem, etc. so that it can be examined or dealt with by itself: isolate something from something Sexual issues cannot be isolated from other political issues.3to prevent a country, region, political group, etc. from getting support or resources so that it becomes weaker: The army’s goal was to surround and isolate the town.4science, biology, medicine to separate a substance, disease, etc. from other substances so that it can be studied: They have isolated the gene that determines a person’s weight.5medicine to keep someone separate from other people, especially because he or she has a disease: isolate somebody from somebody Tuberculosis patients were isolated from the other patients. |