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iso en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈaɪsoʊ/ (General-American)
  • (UK) audio
  • /ˈaɪsəʊ/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Meanings

  1. (colloquial, countable, uncountable) Clipping of isolation. ▸ Quarantine measures in order to mitigate the spread of communicable diseases, such as Covid-19.
  2. (colloquial, countable, uncountable) Clipping of isolation. ▸ An isolation play in basketball or American football.
    • “I can remember lining up against them and saying, ‘This is the 15th iso that you’re going to get.’ ” 2007 January 5, Pete Thamel, quoting Greg Mattison, “Scoreboard Shows This Isn't the Same Old Ohio State”, in New York Times:
  3. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable) Clipping of isomorphism.

Forms

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isos Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

self-iso

Source: en.wiktionary, “iso” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

iso en · ADP · etymology 2

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, in personal ads, initialism) Initialism of in search of.

Relateds

ISO