Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to isolate
Participle: isolated
Gerund: isolating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | isolate |
| you | isolate |
| he;she;it | isolates |
| we | isolate |
| you | isolate |
| they | isolate |
Perfect
| I | have isolated |
| you | have isolated |
| he;she;it | has isolated |
| we | have isolated |
| you | have isolated |
| they | have isolated |
Past
| I | isolated |
| you | isolated |
| he;she;it | isolated |
| we | isolated |
| you | isolated |
| they | isolated |
Pluperfect
| I | had isolated |
| you | had isolated |
| he;she;it | had isolated |
| we | had isolated |
| you | had isolated |
| they | had isolated |
Future
| I | will isolate |
| you | will isolate |
| he;she;it | will isolate |
| we | will isolate |
| you | will isolate |
| they | will isolate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have isolated |
| you | will have isolated |
| he;she;it | will have isolated |
| we | will have isolated |
| you | will have isolated |
| they | will have isolated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | isolate |
| you | isolate |
| he;she;it | isolate |
| we | isolate |
| you | isolate |
| they | isolate |
Perfect
| I | have isolated |
| you | have isolated |
| he;she;it | have isolated |
| we | have isolated |
| you | have isolated |
| they | have isolated |
Imperfect
| I | isolated |
| you | isolated |
| he;she;it | isolated |
| we | isolated |
| you | isolated |
| they | isolated |
Pluperfect
| I | had isolated |
| you | had isolated |
| he;she;it | had isolated |
| we | had isolated |
| you | had isolated |
| they | had isolated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would isolate |
| you | would isolate |
| he;she;it | would isolate |
| we | would isolate |
| you | would isolate |
| they | would isolate |
Perfect
| I | would have isolated |
| you | would have isolated |
| he;she;it | would have isolated |
| we | would have isolated |
| you | would have isolated |
| they | would have isolated |
Imperative
| you | isolate |
| we | Let's isolate |
| you | isolate |
Verbs conjugated like 'isolate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'isolate'
insolate,
solate,
avolate,
deisolate,
desolate,
immolate,
implate,
inflate,
insonate,
insulate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to separate or set apart from others
- insulate, segregate, separate, sequester, sunder out
- separate
- segregate, quarantine, sever, insulate, sequester
Antonyms
- separate
- connect, combine, attach, consolidate
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Back-formation from isolated, from French isolé, from Italian isolato, from Latin īnsulātus (whence also insulate), see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3).
Sample Sentences
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By isolating these two main types of relation, hyponymy and incompatibility, we can characterize the relations between a large web of items. [1977, Ruth Kempson, Semantic Theory, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 86:]
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Iran could not be happier. The more Israel sinks into the West Bank, the more it is delegitimized and isolated, the more the world focuses on Israel’s colonialism rather than Iran’s nuclear enrichment, the more people call for a single democratic state in all of historic Palestine. [2014 May 4, Thomas L. Friedman, “Sheldon: Iran’s Best Friend”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 31 Mar 2020:]
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To isolate the petroline the condensed oil is distilled again until fifty per cent. of oil has been obtained, and what is left in the still is petroline. [1871, English Patents of Inventions, Specifications: 1871, 901 - 946, page 6:]
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One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination. [2014 June 14, “It's a gas”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8891, archived from the original on 09 Jan 2025:]