Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
isolate en · ADJ
Pronunciation
Etymology
Back-formation from isolated, from French isolé, from Italian isolato, from Latin īnsulātus (whence also insulate), see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3).
Meanings
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(literary, not-comparable) isolated.
He said in his heart, the day his beard was shaven he was beaten, lost. He identified it with his isolate manhood.
1923, D.H. Lawrence, Kangaroo, chapter XII:Its snaky acid kiss.
It petrifies the will. These are the isolate, slow faults
That kill, that kill, that kill.
1961, Sylvia Plath, “Elm [published originally as "The Elm Speaks"]”, in Ariel, HarperPerennial, →ISBN, page 16:Narrow Yung-ch'ung streets quiet, / temple gardens all isolate mystery, / no one visits.
1999, Po Chü-i, “At Flowering-Brightness Monastery In Yung-ch'ung District”, in David Hinton, transl., The Selected Poems of Po Chü-i, New York, NY: New Directions, →ISBN, page 12:
Relateds
isolation · isolated · insulate · isolative · isolatable · insulator · insularity · isolator · insulation · insular · isolationism · insulant · isolating
isolate en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
Back-formation from isolated, from French isolé, from Italian isolato, from Latin īnsulātus (whence also insulate), see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3).
Meanings
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Something that has been isolated.
We used electropherotypes in order to differentiate the original parental strains or isolates from the finally tumor cell-adapted isolates.
2016 February 2, “Experimental Adaptation of Rotaviruses to Tumor Cell Lines”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
Forms
Deriveds
language isolate · protein isolate
Translations (3)
pt isolado (something that has been isolated) · ru изоля́т (something that has been isolated) · es aislado (something that has been isolated)
isolate en · VERB
Pronunciation
Etymology
Back-formation from isolated, from French isolé, from Italian isolato, from Latin īnsulātus (whence also insulate), see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3).
Meanings
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(transitive) To set apart or cut off from others.
By isolating these two main types of relation, hyponymy and incompatibility, we can characterize the relations between a large web of items.
1977, Ruth Kempson, Semantic Theory, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 86:Iran could not be happier. The more Israel sinks into the West Bank, the more it is delegitimized and isolated, the more the world focuses on Israel’s colonialism rather than Iran’s nuclear enrichment, the more people call for a single democratic state in all of historic Palestine.
2014 May 4, Thomas L. Friedman, “Sheldon: Iran’s Best Friend”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 31 Mar 2020:
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(transitive) To place in quarantine or isolation.
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(transitive) To separate a substance in pure form from a mixture.
To isolate the petroline the condensed oil is distilled again until fifty per cent. of oil has been obtained, and what is left in the still is petroline.
1871, English Patents of Inventions, Specifications: 1871, 901 - 946, page 6:
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(transitive) To insulate, or make free of external influence.
One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.
2014 June 14, “It's a gas”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8891, archived from the original on 09 Jan 2025:
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(transitive) To separate a pure strain of bacteria etc. from a mixed culture.
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(transitive) To insulate an electrical component from a source of electricity.
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(intransitive) To self-isolate.
Forms
Deriveds
deisolate · nonisolate · preisolate · coisolate · reisolate · immunoisolate · isolant · isolatee · subisolate · oligoisolating
Synonyms
enisle · island · quarantine · self-quarantine · quarantine
Translations (89)
uk ізолюва́ти (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others) · ga aonraigh (transitive: to place in quarantine or isolation) · ga aonraigh (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others) · bg изолирам (transitive, chemistry: to separate a substance in pure form from a mixture) · mi whakamomotu (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others) · pl odizolować (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others) · it isolare (transitive: to insulate, or make free of external influence) · nl isoleren (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others) · de isolieren (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others) · da isolere (transitive: to place in quarantine or isolation) · cmn 離析 /离析 (transitive, chemistry: to separate a substance in pure form from a mixture) · nl isoleren (transitive: to insulate an electrical component from a source of electricity) · ro izola (transitive, chemistry: to separate a substance in pure form from a mixture) · nl isoleren (transitive: to insulate, or make free of external influence) · hu elszigetel (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others) · ja 孤立させる (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others) · ro izola (transitive: to place in quarantine or isolation) · es aislar (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others) · uk відокре́млювати (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others) · bg уединявам (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others) · fi eristää (transitive: to insulate an electrical component from a source of electricity) · lb isoléieren (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others) · fi eristää (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others) · bg изолирам (transitive: to insulate an electrical component from a source of electricity) · pl izolować (transitive: to insulate, or make free of external influence) · mi whakamohoao (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others) · bg отделям (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others) · pl odizolowywać (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others) · fi eristää (transitive: to place in quarantine or isolation) · da isolere (transitive: to insulate, or make free of external influence) · fi isoloida (transitive, chemistry: to separate a substance in pure form from a mixture) · ro izola (transitive: to insulate an electrical component from a source of electricity) · sv isolera (transitive, chemistry: to separate a substance in pure form from a mixture) · it isolare (transitive: to insulate an electrical component from a source of electricity) · uk відокре́мити (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others) · cmn 孤立 (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others) · nl isoleren (transitive: to place in quarantine or isolation) · it isolare (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others) · pt isolar (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others) · ca aïllar (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others) · ru обособля́ть (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others) · ca isolar (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others) · ia isolar (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others) · sv avskilja (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others) · eo izoli (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others) · ja 切り離す (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others) · ro izola (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others) · it isolare (transitive, microbiology: to separate a pure strain of bacteria etc. from a mixed culture) · pl izolować (transitive, chemistry: to separate a substance in pure form from a mixture) · nl afscheiden (transitive, chemistry: to separate a substance in pure form from a mixture) · gl aillar (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others) · fr isoler (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others) · da isolere (transitive, chemistry: to separate a substance in pure form from a mixture) · ar عَزَلَ (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others) · fi eristää (transitive, chemistry: to separate a substance in pure form from a mixture) · fi eristää (transitive: to insulate, or make free of external influence) · ja 遮断する (transitive: to insulate, or make free of external influence) · ja 隔離する (transitive: to place in quarantine or isolation) · it isolare (transitive: to place in quarantine or isolation) · az təcrid etmək (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others) · it isolare (transitive, chemistry: to separate a substance in pure form from a mixture) · ru изоли́ровать (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others) · pl izolować (transitive, microbiology: to separate a pure strain of bacteria etc. from a mixed culture) · nl isoleren (transitive, microbiology: to separate a pure strain of bacteria etc. from a mixed culture) · de absondern (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others) · az təkləmək (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others) · sv isolera (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others) · cmn 隔離 /隔离 (transitive: to place in quarantine or isolation) · ro izola (transitive: to insulate, or make free of external influence) · bg отделям (transitive, chemistry: to separate a substance in pure form from a mixture) · pl izolować (transitive: to insulate an electrical component from a source of electricity) · sv isolera (transitive: to place in quarantine or isolation) · ja 隔絶する (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others) · no isolere (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others) · gl illar (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others) · bg поставям под карантина (transitive: to place in quarantine or isolation) · bg изолирам (transitive: to insulate, or make free of external influence) · de abdichten (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others) · kk жекелеу (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others) · da isolere (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others) · fr esseuler (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others) · fi eristää (transitive, microbiology: to separate a pure strain of bacteria etc. from a mixed culture) · fi erottaa (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others) · da isolere (transitive: to insulate an electrical component from a source of electricity) · ro izola (transitive, microbiology: to separate a pure strain of bacteria etc. from a mixed culture) · bg изолирам (transitive: to place in quarantine or isolation) · cmn 分離 /分离 (transitive, chemistry: to separate a substance in pure form from a mixture) · ru обосо́бить (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others) · pl izolować (transitive: to place in quarantine or isolation)