isolate

/'aisəleit/
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isolate

The scientist isolates the virus in the laboratory.

Definition
  1. Verb:
    • To separate or set apart from others: To cause a person, group, or thing to be alone or detached from its usual surroundings or connections.
    • To identify or obtain something separate from a mixture: In scientific contexts, to separate a substance, germ, gene, etc., from its combined state so it can be studied or used alone.
    • To experience or consider separately from associated emotions or contexts: To detach a specific experience or fact from its emotional or situational background.
Usage and Examples
  • Separating People or Things:
    • The doctor decided to isolate the patient with the contagious disease.
    • The small village was isolated by the heavy snowfall.
  • Scientific Separation:
    • Researchers worked for years to isolate the gene responsible for the condition.
    • The chemist was able to isolate the active ingredient from the plant extract.
  • Emotional or Contextual Separation:
    • Try to isolate the facts of the case from the rumors you've heard.
    • In therapy, he learned to isolate his work stress from his home life.
Advanced Usage
  • "to isolate oneself": To deliberately separate oneself from others.
    • After the argument, she chose to isolate herself in her room.
  • In Passive Voice: Often used to describe the state of being separated.
    • The compound is isolated in a secure laboratory for testing.
    • Feeling isolated at a new school is common.
Variants and Related Words
  • Isolated (adj): Far away from other places, buildings, or people; remote; or, single and happening only once.
    • They live in an isolated farmhouse.
    • This was an isolated incident, not a pattern.
  • Isolation (n): The state of being separated from other people, or a situation in which something is considered separately.
    • The prisoner was kept in solitary isolation.
    • Scientists studied the virus in isolation.
Synonyms
  • Separate: To cause to move or be apart.
  • Seclude: To keep (someone) away from other people.
  • Quarantine: To isolate to prevent the spread of disease.
  • Segregate: To set apart from the rest or from each other.
Related Phrasal Verbs/Constructions
  • Isolate from: The most common construction, specifying what something is being separated from.
    • It is important to isolate the malfunctioning component from the rest of the system.
    • You cannot isolate his artistic work from the political turmoil of his time.
Related Idioms/Phrases
  • (To be) in isolation: To be alone or separated.
    • The sample was analyzed in isolation.
  • Isolate the problem: To identify the specific cause of a malfunction or issue.
    • The mechanic's first job was to isolate the problem with the engine noise.
isolate

The scientist isolates the virus in the laboratory.

Verb
  1. separate (experiences) from the emotions relating to them
  2. set apart from others
    • The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on
  3. obtain in pure form
    • The chemist managed to isolate the compound
  4. place or set apart
    • They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates

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