English dictionary
isolated
adjectivePronunciation
ˈaɪsəleɪtɪd
Audio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
adjective
- remote and separate physically or socially
adjective
- not close together in time
adjective
- under forced isolation especially for health reasons
adjective
- being or feeling set or kept apart from others
adjective
- marked by separation of or from usually contiguous elements
adjective
- cut off or left behind
Example sentences
existed over the centuries as a world apart
{'source': 'W.H.Hudson', 'text': 'preserved because they inhabited a place apart'}
tiny isolated villages remote from centers of civilization
an obscure village
isolated instances of rebellion
a few stray crumbs
a quarantined animal
isolated patients
she felt detached from the group
{'source': 'Sherwood Anderson', 'text': 'could not remain the isolated figure he had been'}
thought of herself as alone and separated from the others
had a set-apart feeling
{'source': 'Scientific Monthly', 'text': 'little isolated worlds, as abruptly disjunct and unexpected as a palm-shaded well in the Sahara'}
an isolated pawn
several stranded fish in a tide pool
travelers marooned by the blizzard