Word: Isolate

Pronunciation

/ˈaɪsəleɪt/

Definitions

• Verb: (v) To separate or set apart from others; to place or keep alone or apart from contact with others, especially for the purpose of preventing the spread of disease or contamination. For example: “The patient was isolated in a quarantine facility.”
• Noun: (n) An individual thing or person that has been separated or stands alone from others; a detached unit or entity. For example: “Each isolate of the virus was tested separately in the lab.”

Verb Usage Examples

• “The government has decided to isolate all international travelers for a period of 14 days.”
• “To study its properties, the scientist had to isolate the chemical from the mixture.”

Noun Usage Examples

• “After the outbreak, several isolates of the bacteria were collected for further analysis.”
• “The village, being remote, felt like an isolate from the rest of the world.”

Phrases

• “Isolate oneself”: To deliberately distance oneself from others emotionally or physically.
• “Infectious disease isolation”: The process of separating infected individuals from non-infected ones to prevent the spread of illness.

Example Sentences

• Verb: “It’s crucial to isolate the faulty component to fix the system.”
• Noun: “The new strain of the virus was first identified through analyzing patient isolates.”

Synonyms

• Verb: Separate, seclude, insulate, segregate, detach, quarantine
• Noun: Separatist, loner, recluse, hermit, solitary, outcast (in certain contexts)