isolate
To keep someone or something apart from others.
isolate in a sentence
- The vet isolated the sick lamb so the rest of the flock would stay healthy.
- Deep snowdrifts can isolate the mountain village, cutting it off from the towns for days.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to isolate?
- Aunite
- Bseparate
- Cjoin
- Dmix
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B: separate. The other three mean the opposite of isolate.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to isolate?
- Aseparate
- Bjoin
- Cdivide
- Dremove
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B: join. The other three mean nearly the same as isolate.
Words that mean something similar
separate, remove, divide
Words that mean the opposite
join, unite, mix
More words about places & settings
- jeopardy: A state of danger, when something could be harmed or lost.
- knoll: A small round hill.
- loom: To appear as a large, worrying shape, or to be about to happen.
- maroon: To leave someone stranded in a place they cannot escape from.
- nautical: To do with ships, sailors and the sea.
- nomad: A person who moves from place to place instead of living in one home.
- oasis: A green place in a desert where there is water.
- occupy: To live in, fill or take up a space.
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