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isolate

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7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈaɪ.sə.leɪt/Part of speech verbSorted aeilostStarts with IEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. place or set apart

Word origin

Back-formation from isolated, from French isolé, from Italian isolato, from Latin īnsulatus (whence also insulate), see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3).

Used in a sentence

  • By isolating these two main types of relation, hyponymy and incompatibility, we can characterize the relations between a large web of items.
  • 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.
  • 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.

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