isolate

i·so·late  (s-lt)

tr.v. i·so·lat·ed, i·so·lat·ing, i·so·lates

1. To set apart or cut off from others.

2. To place in quarantine.

3. Chemistry To separate (a substance) in pure form from a combined mixture.

4. To render free of external influence; insulate.

5. Microbiology To separate (a pure strain) from a mixed bacterial or fungal culture.

6. Psychology To separate (experiences or memories) from the emotions relating to them.

7. Electricity

a. To set apart (a component, circuit, or system) from a source of electricity.

b. To insulate or shield.

adj. (-lt, -lt)

Solitary; alone.

n. (-lt, -lt)

1. A person, thing, or group that has been isolated, as by geographic, ecologic, or social barriers.

2. Biology A population of bacteria or other cells that has been isolated.

3. Linguistics A language isolate.

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[Back-formation from isolated.]

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iso·lator n.

Synonyms: isolate, insulate, seclude, segregate, sequester
These verbs mean to separate from others: a mountain that isolated the village from larger towns; insulated herself from the chaos surrounding her; a celebrity who was secluded from public scrutiny; segregated the infectious patients in a special ward; sequestering a jury during its deliberations.

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isolate

Verb

[-lating, -lated]

1. to place apart or alone

2. Chem to obtain (a substance) in an uncombined form

3. Med to quarantine (a person or animal) with a contagious disease [Latin insulatus, literally: made into an island]

isolation n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	isolate - place or set apart; "They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates" insulate segregate - separate or isolate (one thing) from another and place in a group apart from others; "the sun segregates the carbon"; "large mining claims are segregated into smaller claims" ghettoise, ghettoize - put in a ghetto; "The Jews in Eastern Europe were ghettoized" cloister - seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister; "She cloistered herself in the office" seclude, sequestrate, sequester, withdraw - keep away from others; "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book" quarantine - place into enforced isolation, as for medical reasons; "My dog was quarantined before he could live in England" maroon - leave stranded on a desert island without resources; "The mutinous sailors were marooned on an island" discriminate, single out, separate - treat differently on the basis of sex or race
	2.	isolate - obtain in pure form; "The chemist managed to isolate the compound" chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions preisolate - isolate beforehand acquire, get - come into the possession of something concrete or abstract; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work"
	3.	isolate - set apart from others; "The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on" keep apart, sequestrate, set apart, sequester disunite, separate, part, divide - force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea"
	4.	isolate - separate (experiences) from the emotions relating to them psychological science, psychology - the science of mental life class, classify, sort out, assort, sort, separate - arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"

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isolate

verb 1. separate, break up, cut off, detach, split up, insulate, segregate, disconnect, divorce, sequester, set apart, disunite, estrange

verb 2. quarantine, separate, exclude, cut off, detach, keep in solitude

Translations

isolate [ˈaɪsəleɪt] vt → aislar

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isolate [ˈaɪsəleɪt] vt → isoler

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isolate [ˈaɪsəleɪt] vt → isolieren

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isolate [ˈaɪsəleɪt] vt → isolare