isolate
/ˈaɪsəleɪt/verb
उच्चारण आइसलेट
अलग करना
Core word
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[T]
to separate somebody or something physically or socially from other people or things; to separate a part of a situation, problem, idea so that you can see what it is and deal with it separately
अलग करना
- isolate the patient
- Doctors decided to isolate the infected students to stop the disease from spreading.
- Scientists isolated the virus in the laboratory.
+ 3 more examples
- The storm isolated several villages from the rest of the district.
- Patients with the infection were isolated for a week.
- Bullying can isolate a child from his friends.
Synonyms separate segregate quarantine detach cut off
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
isolate + A + from + B
Use 'from' for what the thing or person is separated from.
जिससे अलग किया जाए, उसके लिए 'from' आता है।
- Doctors isolated the patient from other people.
- The storm isolated the village from the town.
isolate + yourself
To keep yourself apart from others, often by choice.
स्वयं को दूसरों से अलग रखना, प्रायः अपनी इच्छा से।
- Radhika isolated herself in the library to study.
isolate (scientific): find and separate
In science it means to separate a substance, cause or virus from a mixture.
विज्ञान में यह किसी पदार्थ, कारण या वायरस को मिश्रण से अलग करने के अर्थ में आता है।
- Scientists isolated the virus in the laboratory.
be isolated (passive)
The passive describes a place or person that is cut off.
Passive रूप कटे हुए स्थान या व्यक्ति के लिए आता है।
- The hill station was isolated by landslides.
+Collocations 4
verb + isolate
helptry tomanage todecide toneed torefuse to
- The team managed to isolate the cause of the fault.
isolate + noun
a virusa patienta genea problema causea village
- The lab isolated a rare gene.
adverb + isolate
completelysociallyphysicallypoliticallydeliberately
- The new policy politically isolated the country.
isolate + from
from the groupfrom othersfrom societyfrom the rest
- Bullying can isolate a child from classmates.
“More examples 5
- Heavy snow isolated several mountain villages for a week.
भारी बर्फ़बारी ने कई पहाड़ी गाँवों को एक सप्ताह के लिए अलग-थलग कर दिया।
- The nurse isolated the infected child from the other patients.
नर्स ने संक्रमित बच्चे को अन्य मरीज़ों से अलग रखा।
- Radhika tried to isolate the main idea of the passage in one sentence.
राधिका ने अनुच्छेद का मुख्य विचार एक वाक्य में अलग करके बताने की कोशिश की।
- Scientists isolated the bacteria that causes the disease.
वैज्ञानिकों ने उस बैक्टीरिया को अलग किया जो रोग पैदा करता है।
- Do not isolate yourself when you feel stressed.
तनाव में हों तो स्वयं को अकेला मत कीजिए।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ The village is isolating by floods.
✓ The village is isolated by floods.
Use the passive past participle for a place that is cut off.
कटे हुए स्थान के लिए passive past participle आता है।
✗ The doctor isolated the patient with the others.
✓ The doctor isolated the patient from the others.
Use 'from' to say what the person is kept apart from.
जिससे अलग रखा जाए, उसके लिए 'from' आता है।
✗ He isolated himself to the rest of the class.
✓ He isolated himself from the rest of the class.
'Isolate' is followed by 'from', not 'to'.
'Isolate' के बाद 'from' आता है, 'to' नहीं।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
Isolate, separate and quarantine all mean to keep apart, in different settings.
Isolate, separate और quarantine अलग रखने के अर्थ में हैं, पर संदर्भ भिन्न हैं।
Keep apart, often to stop spread or to study one thing.
अलग रखना, प्रायः फैलाव रोकने या एक चीज़ का अध्ययन करने के लिए।
- The patient was isolated.
General word for dividing things or people.
चीज़ों या लोगों को बाँटने का सामान्य शब्द।
- Separate the red and white clothes.
Keep someone apart for a set period to check for disease.
रोग की जाँच के लिए निश्चित अवधि तक किसी को अलग रखना।
- Travellers were quarantined.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
Synonyms
separate segregate quarantine detach cut off
§Grammar and usage
Isolate sb or sth from sth.
Usage: 'isolate sb या sth from sth' का मतलब है किसी को या किसी चीज़ को दूसरों से अलग कर देना। यहाँ preposition 'from' आता है।