Isolate

To isolate means to keep someone or something alone and away from others. For example, if you choose to sit by yourself during lunch instead of with your friends, you are isolating yourself.

Examples

• If someone is sick, we might isolate them to keep everyone else healthy.
• When I want to focus on my homework, I isolate myself in my quiet room.
• The teacher asked us to isolate the important parts of the story we read.

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