Meaning

7 senses
  1. (transitive)To set apart or cut off from others.

    isolieren, absondern, abdichten

    изоли́роватьizolírovatʹ, обособля́тьobosobljátʹ, обосо́битьobosóbitʹ

    відокре́млюватиvidokrémljuvaty, відокре́митиvidokrémyty, ізолюва́тиizoljuváty

    set apart from others

  2. (transitive)To place in quarantine or isolation.

    place or set apart

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

    obtain in pure form

  4. (transitive)To insulate, or make free of external influence.

  5. (transitive)To separate a pure strain of bacteria etc. from a mixed culture.

  6. (transitive)To insulate an electrical component from a source of electricity.

  7. (intransitive)To self-isolate.

Examples

204 sentences
  1. Tom felt very isolated.

    Том почувався ізольованим.

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  2. I felt isolated.

    Я почувався одиноким.

    deIch fühlte mich allein.

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  3. That incident was an isolated event.

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  4. That incident wasn't an isolated event.

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  5. The village was isolated by the flood.

    deDas Dorf war durch die Überschwemmung isoliert.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
transitive: to set apart or cut off from others:
Русский
By meaning 1
transitive: to set apart or cut off from others:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
transitive: to set apart or cut off from others:

Origin

Back-formation from isolated, from French isolé, from Italian isolato, from Latin īnsulātu

Back-formation from isolated, from French isolé, from Italian isolato, from Latin īnsulātus (whence also insulate), see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3).

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Forms

isolates, isolating, isolated, isolated
Base formisolate · to isolate
3rd person singularisolates
Present participleisolating
Past simpleisolated
Past participleisolated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyisolate
he, she, itisolates

Past simpleLesson

all personsisolated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave isolated
he, she, ithas isolated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill isolate

Synonyms

9 synonyms

Word family

12 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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