Isolate is a 7 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.
You can make 296 anagrams from letters in isolate (aeilost).
Definitions for isolate
noun
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a person, thing, or group that is set apart or isolated, as for purposes of study.
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Psychology. a person, often shy or lacking in social skills, who avoids the company of others and has no friends within a group.
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Biology. an inbreeding population that is isolated from similar populations by physiological, behavioral, or geographic barriers.
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Also called language isolate. Linguistics. a language with no demonstrable genetic relationship, as Basque.
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something that has been isolated, as a by-product in a manufacturing process:
adjective
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isolated; alone.
verb (used with object)
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to set or place apart; detach or separate so as to be alone.
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Medicine/Medical. to keep (an infected person) from contact with noninfected persons; quarantine.
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Chemistry, Bacteriology. to obtain (a substance or microorganism) in an uncombined or pure state.
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Electricity. to insulate.
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Television. to single out (a person, action, etc.) for a camera closeup.
Origin of isolate
First recorded in 1800-10; back formation from isolated
Examples for isolate
The winter seemed to isolate them from the world still more.
JUDNICK: My reaction is so visceral that I immediately, like you, isolate myself so I can breathe.
We can do that because of two things: strong health care…and strong public health that can track contacts and isolate them.
They are, after all, carefully selected “types,” and to isolate them runs the risk of seeing the book as an allegory.
But we do not isolate the comic personage as we do the solitary, tragic figure.
Like Hermione, he wished to isolate Vere, to preserve her as she was in character.
He made a decision to isolate himself, so I would ask did he think he was going to die when he realized he was exposed?
Backed by NATO solidarity and economic sanctions with teeth, it just might isolate Putin enough that he backs off.
You see, I've had to be careful—not to isolate you from life—life as it is.
It seeks to isolate itself from matter and sense, and to assert its independence in thought.