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isolated
Overview of verb isolate
The verb isolate has 4 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (12) isolate, insulate -- (place or set apart; "They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates")
2. (4) isolate -- (obtain in pure form; "The chemist managed to isolate the compound")
3. (2) sequester, sequestrate, keep apart, set apart, isolate -- (set apart from others; "The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on")
4. isolate -- (separate (experiences) from the emotions relating to them)
Overview of adj isolated
The adj isolated has 6 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (8) isolated, stray -- (not close together in time; "isolated instances of rebellion"; "a stray bullet grazed his thigh")
2. (5) detached, isolated, separated, set-apart -- (being or feeling set or kept apart from others; "she felt detached from the group"; "could not remain the isolated figure he had been"- Sherwood Anderson; "thought of herself as alone and separated from the others"; "had a set-apart feeling")
3. (4) disjunct, isolated -- (marked by separation of or from usually contiguous elements; "little isolated worlds, as abruptly disjunct and unexpected as a palm-shaded well in the Sahara"- Scientific Monthly)
4. isolated, marooned, stranded -- (cut off or left behind; "an isolated pawn"; "several stranded fish in a tide pool"; "travelers marooned by the blizzard")
5. isolated, quarantined -- (under forced isolation especially for health reasons; "a quarantined animal"; "isolated patients")
6. apart, isolated, obscure -- (remote and separate physically or socially; "existed over the centuries as a world apart"; "preserved because they inhabited a place apart"- W.H.Hudson; "tiny isolated villages remote from centers of civilization"; "an obscure village")
Antonyms of verb isolate
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb isolate
4 senses of isolate
Sense 1
isolate, insulate
=> discriminate, separate, single out
=> distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart
=> identify, place
=> determine, set
Sense 2
isolate
=> get, acquire
Sense 3
sequester, sequestrate, keep apart, set apart, isolate
=> separate, disunite, divide, part
=> move, displace
Sense 4
isolate
=> classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separate
=> categorize, categorise
=> reason
=> think, cogitate, cerebrate
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb isolate
2 of 4 senses of isolate
Sense 1
isolate, insulate
=> segregate
=> ghettoize, ghettoise
=> cloister
=> seclude, sequester, sequestrate, withdraw
=> quarantine
=> maroon
Sense 2
isolate
=> preisolate
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb isolate
4 senses of isolate
Sense 1
isolate, insulate
=> discriminate, separate, single out
Sense 2
isolate
=> get, acquire
Sense 3
sequester, sequestrate, keep apart, set apart, isolate
=> separate, disunite, divide, part
Sense 4
isolate
=> classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separate
'Cause To' of verb isolate
Derived Forms of verb isolate
3 of 4 senses of isolate
Sense 1
isolate, insulate
RELATED TO>(adj) isolable#1
=> isolable
RELATED TO>(noun) isolation#1
=> isolation
Sense 2
isolate
RELATED TO>(adj) isolable#1
=> isolable
Sense 4
isolate
RELATED TO>(adj) isolable#1
=> isolable
RELATED TO>(noun) isolation#4
=> isolation
Domain of verb isolate
2 of 4 senses of isolate
Sense 2
isolate
TOPIC>(noun) chemistry#1, chemical science#1
Sense 4
isolate
TOPIC>(noun) psychology#1, psychological science#1
Domain Terms of verb isolate
Familiarity of verb isolate
isolate used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Sample Sentences of verb isolate
4 senses of isolate
Sense 1
isolate, insulate
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
Sense 2
isolate
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 3
sequester, sequestrate, keep apart, set apart, isolate
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 4
isolate
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb isolate
4 senses of isolate
Sense 1
isolate, insulate
> discriminate, separate, single out
=> isolate, insulate
=> hive off
=> segregate
=> redline
=> disadvantage, disfavor, disfavour
Sense 2
isolate
> get, acquire
=> isolate
=> win back, get back
=> press out, express, extract
=> capture, catch
=> come by
=> buy, purchase
=> lease, rent, hire, charter, engage, take
=> receive, have
=> turn
=> buy
=> find
=> glom
=> enter upon, come upon, luck into
=> line up, get hold, come up, find
=> accept, take, have
=> obtain
=> recover, retrieve, find, regain
=> catch
=> recover, recoup, recuperate
=> reclaim, repossess
=> find, regain
=> acquire, win, gain
=> gain, take in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in
=> earn, garner
=> profit, gain, benefit
=> partake, share, partake in
=> preempt
=> preempt
=> collect, pick up, gather up, call for
=> inherit, come into
=> borrow
=> pick up
=> get
=> poll
Sense 3
sequester, sequestrate, keep apart, set apart, isolate
> separate, disunite, divide, part
=> compartmentalize, compartmentalise, cut up
=> polarize, polarise
=> sequester, sequestrate, keep apart, set apart, isolate
=> disjoin, disjoint
=> disjoint, disarticulate
=> disconnect
=> cut
=> tear
=> joint
=> gin
=> break
=> sever, break up
=> tear, rupture, snap, bust
Sense 4
isolate
> classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separate
=> unitize, unitise
=> catalogue, catalog
=> isolate
=> refer
=> reclassify
=> size
=> dichotomize, dichotomise
=> pigeonhole, stereotype, stamp
=> group
=> grade
=> count, number
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb isolate
Sense 1
isolate, insulate
=> discriminate, separate, single out
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Sense 2
isolate
=> get, acquire
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Sense 3
sequester, sequestrate, keep apart, set apart, isolate
=> separate, disunite, divide, part
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Sense 4
isolate
=> classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separate
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Grep of verb isolate
isolate
preisolate
Antonyms of adj isolated
6 senses of isolated
Sense 1
isolated, stray
INDIRECT (VIA sporadic) -> continual
Sense 2
detached, isolated, separated, set-apart
INDIRECT (VIA separate) -> joint
Sense 3
disjunct, isolated
INDIRECT (VIA separate) -> joint
Sense 4
isolated, marooned, stranded
INDIRECT (VIA unaccompanied) -> accompanied, attended
Sense 5
isolated, quarantined
INDIRECT (VIA segregated) -> integrated
Sense 6
apart(predicate), isolated, obscure
INDIRECT (VIA unconnected) -> connected
Similarity of adj isolated
6 senses of isolated
Sense 1
isolated, stray
=> sporadic (vs. continual)
Sense 2
detached, isolated, separated, set-apart
=> separate (vs. joint)
Sense 3
disjunct, isolated
=> separate (vs. joint)
Sense 4
isolated, marooned, stranded
=> unaccompanied (vs. accompanied)
Sense 5
isolated, quarantined
=> segregated (vs. integrated), unintegrated
Sense 6
apart(predicate), isolated, obscure
=> unconnected (vs. connected)
Pertainyms of adj isolated
Attributes of adj isolated
Domain of adj isolated
Domain Terms of adj isolated
Familiarity of adj isolated
isolated used as an adjective is common (polysemy count =6)
Grep of adj isolated
isolated
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