to isolate
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4.2
- verb
- /ˈaɪsəˌleɪt/
- We've pretty much been isolated here.
- feel isolated
- socially isolated
- isolated from others
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Watch on YouTubeAnd the more they isolate you, the more control they have.
- And the more they isolate you, the more control they have.
- You don't want to isolate yourself to just one thing.
- The policies killed people because they isolated people.
- So I can deliberately isolate myself and feel great about that.
- A tyrant stays in power by isolating his people from the rest of the world.
- Why would you drop Chris off, tell the police and then go isolate yourself?
- And so actually people were deciding themselves to self isolate and, and do the sensible thing.
- But I definitely try to like isolate and go.
- Nobody, you're just isolating that never, it's never a good recipe.
Examples
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You don't want to isolate yourself to just one thing.
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The policies killed people because they isolated people.
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The individual will isolate himself in his own activity.
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And the more they isolate you, the more control they have.
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So I can deliberately isolate myself and feel great about that.
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Students with diabetes may feel isolated from their peers due to their disease.
Academic text (2012) -
Isolate yourself until we know you're not ill.
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In one outbreak, the agent was isolated from food handled by children during a craft project.
Academic text (2008) -
Parallel attempts were made to deny legitimacy to Israel and isolate it in the international community.
Academic text (2013) -
To prevent the spread of the virus, the doctor advised us to isolate ourselves until we receive our test results.
Synonyms
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2.7
To keep one thing apart from another so they do not mix
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5.7
To make yourself less involved with someone or something
60
3.9
To keep something separate for a special use or to show it as different
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3.2
To stop people or objects from touching and mixing
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6.0
Keep someone apart from others to protect them from harm or criticism
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8.1
To keep someone or something apart from others to avoid outside contact
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6.8
To separate things or parts for a special purpose
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5.5
Keep people and things in a place where they cannot leave or be seen
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6.7
To keep somebody away from other people
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8.6
To shut someone or yourself away from the outside world
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4.2
To divide a space with a wall or curtain to make a new area
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9.1
To keep a person or thing alone in a quiet place away from other people
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7.0
Keep away from someone or something to show no connection
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7.9
To keep groups or information separate so they do not share knowledge
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9.9
To separate someone or something from others by official action
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9.9
To make someone or yourself live apart from other people, like on an island
To stay away from other people after being near someone with an illness to avoid spreading disease
To keep yourself away from other people on purpose
To stay away from people or things to avoid close contact
Antonyms
How Isolated
Surface Forms
Morphology
isolate = isola + ate
Although historically built from a root meaning 'island' plus the verb-forming suffix '-ate', the connection to any familiar English base is not form-transparent to learners and the modern senses are metaphorical.
Etymology
The word isolate comes from the Latin insula ('island') and the Italian isola ('island'). So to isolate someone or something is to make them like an 'island'—to keep them apart or alone to stop contact.