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self-iso

self-iso is the clipping of self-isolation.

self-iso is the clipping of self-isolate.

Meaning of self-isolation

Noun

self-isolation (countable and uncountable, plural self-isolations)

  1. Voluntary isolation from others, especially in order to avoid spreading a communicable disease.
    Synonyms:
    self-quarantine

Meaning of self-isolate

Verb

self-isolate (third-person singular simple present self-isolates, present participle self-isolating, simple past and past participle self-isolated)

  1. To quarantine or isolate oneself from others, especially in order to avoid spreading a communicable disease.
    • However, in all cases, if you cancel and do not wish to rebook you lose the money. To me this seems rather unfair if, for example, the passenger is being told to self-isolate owing to age for several months and cannot select a future date.2020 March 25, “Network News: Passengers offered refunds or switched fares: Comment”, in Rail, page 7
    Synonyms:
    self-quarantine

Forms of self-iso

third-person singular presentself-isos
third-person singular presentself-iso's
present participleself-isoing
present participleself-iso'ing
past participleself-isoed
pastself-isoed
past participleself-iso'd
pastself-iso'd
past participleself-iso'ed
pastself-iso'ed

Questions about self-iso

What is self-iso the clipping of?
Self-iso is the clipping of self-isolation.

Words near self-iso in the dictionary

  1. self-intimidation
  2. self-involution
  3. self-involved
  4. self-involvement
  5. self-ironic
  6. self-iso
  7. self-iso'd
  8. self-iso'ing
  9. self-isoed
  10. self-isoing
  11. self-isolate

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Adapted from Wiktionary: self-iso (page history and authors); self-isolation (page history and authors); self-isolate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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