ISOLATING

isolating

(adjective) relating to or being a language in which each word typically expresses a distinct idea and part of speech and syntactical relations are determined almost exclusively by word order and particles

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

isolating

present participle of isolate

Adjective

isolating (comparative more isolating, superlative most isolating)

(linguistics, of languages) having low morpheme per word ratio and no inflectional morpheme

Anagrams

• intaglios, ligations, logitians, taglionis

Source: Wiktionary


ISOLATE

I"so*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Isolated; p. pr. & vb. n. Isolating.] Etym: [It. isolato, p. p. of isolare to isolate, fr. isola island, L. insula. See 2d Isle, and cf. Insulate.]

1. To place in a detached situation; to place by itself or alone; to insulate; to separate from others. Short isolated sentences were the mode in which ancient wisdom delighted to convey its precepts. Bp. Warburton.

2. (Elec.)

Definition: To insulate. See Insulate.

3. (Chem.)

Definition: To separate from all foreign substances; to make pure; to obtain in a free state.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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29 June 2025

ADMIRABLE

(adjective) deserving of the highest esteem or admiration; ā€œan estimable young professorā€; ā€œtrains ran with admirable precisionā€; ā€œhis taste was impeccable, his health admirableā€


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