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    i·so·late
    verb[ˈīsəˌlāt]
    isolate (verb) · isolates (third person present) · isolated (past tense) · isolated (past participle) · isolating (present participle)
    1. cause (a person or place) to be or remain alone or apart from others:
      "a country that is isolated from the rest of the world"
      • 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"
      • 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"
      • 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).
      • chemistry
        biology
        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[ˈīsələt]
    isolate (noun) · isolates (plural noun)
    1. a person or thing that has been or become isolated:
      "social isolates often become careless of their own welfare"
    2. biology
      a culture of microorganisms isolated for study.
    Origin
    early 19th century (as a verb): back-formation from isolated.
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    verb
    1. cause (a person or place) to be or remain alone or apart from others:
      separate
      set apart
      segregate
      detach
      cut off
      cocoon
      insulate
      quarantine
      sequester
      cloister
      seclude
      divorce
      shut away
      alienate
      distance
      exclude
      keep out
      seal off
      shut off
      keep apart
      keep in solitude
      cordon off
      form a ring around
      put a cordon sanitaire around
      close off
      fence off
      rope off
      screen off
      tape off
      curtain off
      partition off
      Opposite:
      integrate
    2. identify (something) and examine or deal with it separately:
      identify
      pick out
      spot
      point out
      recognize
      pinpoint
      pin down
      discern
      distinguish
      discover
      find
      locate
      sort out
      weed out
      single out
      put one's finger on
      filter out
      separate out
      Opposite:
      confuse
      noun
      1. a person or thing that has been or become isolated:
        loner
        solitary
        lone wolf
        introvert
        misanthrope
        solitudinarian
        solitaire
        solitarian
       
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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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      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 isolate mean?
      The meaning of ISOLATE is to set apart from others; also : quarantine. How to use isolate in a sentence.

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      What does it mean to isolate a problem?
      If you isolate something such as an idea or a problem, you separate it from others that it is connected with, so that you can concentrate on it or consider it on its own. Our anxieties can also be controlled by isolating thoughts, feelings and memories.

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      What does isolated mean in linguistics?
      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.

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      What does it mean to isolate a substance?
      To isolate a substance means to obtain it by separating it from other substances using scientific processes. We can use genetic engineering techniques to isolate the gene that is responsible. To isolate a sick person or animal means to keep them apart from other people or animals, so that their illness does not spread.

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