| VERB | change | isolate, insulate | place or set apart |
|---|---|---|---|
| change | isolate | obtain in pure form | |
| change | isolate, sequester, sequestrate, keep apart, set apart | set apart from others | |
| cognition | isolate | separate (experiences) from the emotions relating to them |
| Sounds | ay'sahley.t | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... | |
| Meaning | place or set apart. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates" | |
| Synonym | insulate | |
| Narrower | cloister | seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister |
| ghettoize, ghettoise | put in a ghetto | |
| maroon | Leave stranded on a desert island without resources / resources | |
| quarantine | place into enforced isolation / isolation, as for medical reasons | |
| seclude, sequester, sequestrate, withdraw | Keep away from others | |
| segregate | separate or isolate (one thing) from another and place in a group apart from others | |
| Broader | discriminate, separate, single out | treat differently on the basis of sex / sex or race |
| Spanish | aislar | |
| Catalan | aïllar-se, aïllar, isolar-se, isolar | |
| Adjectives | isolable | capable of being isolated / isolated / isolated or disjoined |
| Nouns | isolation | a state of separation between persons or groups |
| Meaning | Obtain in pure form. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "The chemist managed to isolate the compound" | |
| Category | chemistry, chemical science | The science of matter |
| Narrower | preisolate | isolate beforehand |
| Broader | get, acquire | Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract |
| Spanish | aislar | |
| Catalan | aïllar | |
| Adjectives | isolable | capable of being isolated / isolated / isolated or disjoined |
| Meaning | set apart from others. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | sequester, sequestrate, keep apart, set apart | |
| Broader | separate, disunite, divide, part | Force, take, or pull apart |
| Spanish | aislar, mantener aislado, poner aparte, segregar, separar | |
| Catalan | aïllar, isolar, separar | |
| Meaning | separate (experiences) from the emotions relating to them. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Category | psychology, psychological science | The science of mental life |
| Broader | classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separate | Arrange or order by classes or categories / categories |
| Adjectives | isolable | capable of being isolated / isolated / isolated or disjoined |
| Nouns | isolation | (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which memory of an unacceptable act or impulse is separated from the emotion originally / originally associated with it |
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