isolate

  • 11isolate — ► VERB 1) place apart or alone; cut off. 2) Chemistry & Biology obtain or extract (a compound, micro organism, etc.) in a pure form. 3) cut off the electrical or other connection to (something). ► NOUN ▪ a person or thing that has become isolated …

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  • 12isolate — [[t]a͟ɪsəleɪt[/t]] isolates, isolating, isolated 1) VERB To isolate a person or organization means to cause them to lose their friends or supporters. [V n from n] This policy could isolate the country from the other permanent members of the… …

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  • 13isolate — i|so|late [ˈaısəleıt] v [T] [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: isolated] 1.) to separate one person, group, or thing from other people or things ▪ The town was isolated by the floods. ▪ The US has sought to isolate Cuba both economically and politically.… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 14isolate — verb (T) 1 to prevent a country, political group etc from getting support from other countries or groups etc, so that it becomes weaker: The US has sought to isolate Cuba both economically and politically. 2 technical to separate a substance,… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 15isolate */ — UK [ˈaɪsəleɪt] / US [ˈaɪsəˌleɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms isolate : present tense I/you/we/they isolate he/she/it isolates present participle isolating past tense isolated past participle isolated 1) to keep someone in a place away from other …

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  • 16Isolate — Эта статья слишком короткая. Пожалуйста, дополните её ещё хотя бы неск …

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  • 17isolate — i|so|late [ aısə,leıt ] verb transitive * 1. ) to keep someone in a place away from other people: isolate someone from something: Important witnesses are isolated from the media for their own safety. a ) to keep a person or animal separate from… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 18isolate — v. (D; tr.) to isolate from * * * [ aɪsəleɪt] (D; tr.) to isolate from …

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  • 19isolate — 01. He lives in an [isolated] region of the state, and he doesn t really care about the social problems of the big cities. 02. The victims were put in [isolation] to keep the other patients from being exposed to the disease. 03. The U.N. is… …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 20isolate — isolator, n. v. /uy seuh layt , is euh /; n., adj. /uy seuh lit, layt , is euh /, v., isolated, isolating, n., adj. v.t. 1. to set or place apart; detach or separate so as to be alone. 2. Med. to keep (an infected person) from contact with… …

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