isolated

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈaɪsəleɪtɪd/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(ī′sə lā′tid, is′ə-)

From the verb isolate: (⇒ conjugate)
isolated is: ⓘClick the infinitive to see all available inflections
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
i•so•lat•ed  (ī′sə lā′tid, is′ə-),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. separated from other persons or things;
    alone;
    solitary.
  • Italian; see isolato); see -ate, -ed2
  • French isolé isolated (
  • 1755–65
i′so•lat′ed•ly, adv. 

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
i•so•late /v. ˈaɪsəˌleɪt; n., adj. -lɪt, -ˌleɪt/USA pronunciation   v. [~ + object], -lat•ed, -lat•ing. 
  1. to set or place apart;
    separate so as to be alone:He was isolated in a little cubicle by himself.
  2. Medicineto keep (an infected person) from contact with noninfected persons;
    quarantine.
  3. Chemistry, Microbiologyto obtain (a chemical substance or microorganism) in a separate or pure state, not in combination with other substances.
i•so•la•tion /ˌaɪsəˈleɪʃən/USA pronunciation  n. [uncountable]a desperate feeling of isolation in the big city.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
i•so•late  (v. ī′sə lāt′, is′ə-;n., adj. ī′sə lit, -lāt′, is′ə-),USA pronunciation v., -lat•ed, -lat•ing, n., adj. 
v.t. 
  1. to set or place apart;
    detach or separate so as to be alone.
  2. Medicineto keep (an infected person) from contact with noninfected persons;
    quarantine.
  3. Chemistry, Microbiologyto obtain (a substance or microorganism) in an uncombined or pure state.
  4. Electricityto insulate.
  5. Radio and Television, Show Business[Television.]to single out (a person, action, etc.) for a camera closeup.

n. 
  1. Linguisticsa person, thing, or group that is set apart or isolated, as for purposes of study.
  2. Psychologya person, often shy or lacking in social skills, who avoids the company of others and has no friends within a group.
  3. Genetics, Biology[Biol.]an inbreeding population that is isolated from similar populations by physiological, behavioral, or geographic barriers.
  4. Linguisticsa language with no demonstrable genetic relationship, as Basque.
  5. something that has been isolated, as a by-product in a manufacturing process:an isolate of soy flour.

adj. 
  1. isolated;
    alone.
  • back formation from isolated 1800–10
i′so•la′tor, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
isolate vb /ˈaɪsəˌleɪt/ (transitive)
  1. to place apart; cause to be alone
  2. to quarantine (a person or animal having or suspected of having a contagious disease)
  3. to obtain (a compound) in an uncombined form
  4. to obtain pure cultures of (bacteria, esp those causing a particular disease)
  5. to prevent interaction between (circuits, components, etc); insulate
 n /ˈaɪsəlɪt/
  1. an isolated person or group
Etymology: 19th Century: back formation from isolated, via Italian from Latin insulātus, literally: made into an island; see insulateˈisolable, ˈisoˌlatable adj ˌisolaˈbility n ˈisoˌlator n
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Collocations: an isolated [area, region, village], isolated [cases, examples, incidents] of, isolated pockets of, more...

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