Isolate

//ˈaɪ.sə.leɪt//

Synonyms for "isolate" (151 found)

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Closest matches (31)

insulate segregate sequester abrupt abscind abstract alienate alone amputate annihilate apart avoid ban banish bar block off bob bolt cast off cast out

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clip cloister close off cordon cordon off crop cull cull out cut cut adrift

Verb(1 words)

quarantine

Strong matches (45)

Related words (75)

Related word relations

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9 relation types

More general

13 entries

acquire assort class classify discriminate disunite divide get part separate single out sort sort out

Synonyms

3 entries

insulate segregate sequester

Related terms

13 entries

insulant insular insularity insulate insulation insulator isolatable isolated isolating isolation isolationism isolative isolator

derived

12 entries

coisolate deisolate immunoisolate isolant isolatee language isolate nonisolate oligoisolating preisolate protein isolate reisolate subisolate

distinct from

1 entries

integrate

etymologically related_to

1 entries

insulate

has context

3 entries

chemistry microbiology psychology

manner of

3 entries

classify discriminate get

related to

32 entries

apart bacteria component culture cut off electrical electricity external form influence insulant insular insularity insulate insulation insulator

Showing 16 of 32 words.

Translations

84 translations across 27 languages.

Arabic

1 entries

عَزَلَ verb (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

təcrid etmək verb (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others)
təkləmək verb (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others)

Bulgarian

4 entries

изолирам verb (transitive: to place in quarantine or isolation)
изолирам verb (transitive, chemistry: to separate a substance in pure form from a mixture)
изолирам verb (transitive: to insulate, or make free of external influence)
изолирам verb (transitive: to insulate an electrical component from a source of electricity)

Catalan

2 entries

aïllar verb (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others)
isolar verb (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

分離 /分离 verb (transitive, chemistry: to separate a substance in pure form from a mixture)
孤立 verb (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others)
隔離 /隔离 verb (transitive: to place in quarantine or isolation)
離析 /离析 verb (transitive, chemistry: to separate a substance in pure form from a mixture)

Danish

4 entries

isolere verb (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others)
isolere verb (transitive: to place in quarantine or isolation)
isolere verb (transitive, chemistry: to separate a substance in pure form from a mixture)
isolere verb (transitive: to insulate, or make free of external influence)

Dutch

4 entries

afscheiden verb (transitive, chemistry: to separate a substance in pure form from a mixture)
isoleren verb (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others)
isoleren verb (transitive: to place in quarantine or isolation)
isoleren verb (transitive: to insulate, or make free of external influence)

Esperanto

1 entries

izoli verb (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others)

French

2 entries

esseuler verb (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others)
isoler verb (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others)

Galician

2 entries

aillar verb (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others)
illar verb (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others)

German

3 entries

abdichten verb (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others)
absondern verb (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others)
isolieren verb (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others)

Hungarian

1 entries

elszigetel verb (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others)

Interlingua

1 entries

isolar verb (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others)

Irish

2 entries

aonraigh verb (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others)
aonraigh verb (transitive: to place in quarantine or isolation)

Italian

4 entries

isolare verb (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others)
isolare verb (transitive: to place in quarantine or isolation)
isolare verb (transitive, chemistry: to separate a substance in pure form from a mixture)
isolare verb (transitive: to insulate, or make free of external influence)

Japanese

4 entries

切り離す verb (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others)
孤立させる verb (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others)
遮断する verb (transitive: to insulate, or make free of external influence)
隔絶する verb (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others)

Kazakh

1 entries

жекелеу verb (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

isoléieren verb (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others)

Māori

2 entries

whakamohoao verb (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others)
whakamomotu verb (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others)

Norwegian

1 entries

isolere verb (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others)

Polish

4 entries

izolować verb (transitive: to place in quarantine or isolation)
izolować verb (transitive, chemistry: to separate a substance in pure form from a mixture)
izolować verb (transitive: to insulate, or make free of external influence)
izolować verb (transitive, microbiology: to separate a pure strain of bacteria etc. from a mixed culture)

Portuguese

2 entries

isolado noun (something that has been isolated)
isolar verb (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others)

Romanian

4 entries

izola verb (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others)
izola verb (transitive: to place in quarantine or isolation)
izola verb (transitive, chemistry: to separate a substance in pure form from a mixture)
izola verb (transitive: to insulate, or make free of external influence)

Russian

4 entries

изоля́т noun (something that has been isolated)
изоли́ровать verb (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others)
обосо́бить verb (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others)
обособля́ть verb (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others)

Spanish

2 entries

aislado noun (something that has been isolated)
aislar verb (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others)

Swedish

4 entries

avskilja verb (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others)
isolera verb (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others)
isolera verb (transitive: to place in quarantine or isolation)
isolera verb (transitive, chemistry: to separate a substance in pure form from a mixture)

Ukrainian

3 entries

відокре́мити verb (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others)
відокре́млювати verb (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others)
ізолюва́ти verb (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others)

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Johnson is a recluse; he prefers to isolate himself from the rest of the students in our class.

Source: tatoeba (1970)

In medical research, one of the first problems is to isolate the cause of the disease.

Source: tatoeba (27895)

In order to isolate him from bacteria, and such, he is not allowed visitors.

Source: tatoeba (329465)

Maybe you can help us isolate the problem.

Source: tatoeba (2662892)

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