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proper noun
International Organization for Standardization.
Pronunciation
Origin
From Greek isos ‘equal’; the term is often erroneously thought to be an abbreviation.
abbreviation
historical(in the UK) Imperial Service Order, awarded to British and Commonwealth civil servants (discontinued in 1993).
noun
1mainly Australian informal A state or period of isolating from others, especially in order to avoid catching or transmitting an infectious disease.
- ‘my friends commented on how we forgot how to socialize while we were in iso’
- ‘our eight-day iso feels like a month’
- ‘an iso ward’
2American Football Basketball
as modifier Denoting a play in which an attacking player engages a particular defender in a one-on-one match-up.- ‘he came bursting through on an iso play for a 52-yard touchdown’
Pronunciation
Origin
1930s abbreviation of isolation.
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