Antonyms for isolate
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : verb ahy-suh-leyt; noun, adjective ahy-suh-lit, -leyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : verb ˈaɪ səˌleɪt; noun, adjective ˈaɪ sə lɪt, -ˌleɪt |
Definition of isolate
Origin :- by 1786, a new formation from isolated (q.v.).
- The translation of this work is well performed, excepting that fault from which few translations are wholly exempt, and which is daily tending to corrupt our language, the adoption of French expressions. We have here evasion for escape, twice or more times repeated; brigands very frequently; we have the unnecessary and foolish word isolate; and, if we mistake not, paralize, which at least has crept in through a similar channel. Translators cannot be too careful on this point, as it is a temptation to which they are constantly exposed. ["The British Critic," April 1799]
- As a noun from 1890, from earlier adjectival use (1819).
- verb cut off, set apart
- But we do not isolate the comic personage as we do the solitary, tragic figure.
- Extract from : « The American Mind » by Bliss Perry
- Like Hermione, he wished to isolate Vere, to preserve her as she was in character.
- Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
- The winter seemed to isolate them from the world still more.
- Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
- You see, I've had to be careful—not to isolate you from life—life as it is.
- Extract from : « The World Beyond » by Raymond King Cummings
- It seeks to isolate itself from matter and sense, and to assert its independence in thought.
- Extract from : « Theaetetus » by Plato
- God delights to isolate us every day, and hide from us the past and the future.
- Extract from : « Essays, Second Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- He tried to disconnect and isolate their words, but they all seemed to run together.
- Extract from : « Despair's Last Journey » by David Christie Murray
- Can't you isolate some recent key events that can be reversed?
- Extract from : « The K-Factor » by Harry Harrison (AKA Henry Maxwell Dempsey)
- We have identified an element in the sun before we were able to isolate it on the earth.
- Extract from : « The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) » by J. Arthur Thomson
- It is impossible to isolate any function for separate testing.
- Extract from : « The Measurement of Intelligence » by Lewis Madison Terman
Synonyms for isolate
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