isolate
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
place or set apart
They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates
Types & categories
- discriminate hypernym
- segregate hyponym
- ghettoize hyponym
- cloister hyponym
- sequestrate hyponym
- quarantine hyponym
- maroon hyponym
Related & opposite
- isolation derivation
- insulation derivation
- isolable derivation
Sense 2 verb
obtain in pure form
The chemist managed to isolate the compound
Types & categories
- get hypernym
- preisolate hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
set apart from others
The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on
Types & categories
- separate hypernym
Sense 4 verb
separate (experiences) from the emotions relating to them
Types & categories
- class hypernym
Related & opposite
- isolation derivation
- isolable derivation
- psychology domain topic
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | isolation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | insulation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | isolable |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | discriminate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | segregate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ghettoize |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cloister |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sequestrate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | quarantine |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | maroon |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | isolable |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | chemistry |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | get |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | preisolate |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | separate |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | isolation |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | isolable |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | psychology |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | class |