isolated

Isolated is part of the Academic Word List. It is important for students in college and university.

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Verb

Plain form isolate

Third-person singular isolates

Past tense isolated

Past participle isolated

Present participle isolating

1. If you isolate something, you make it so that it does not or cannot contact certain other things.

   We went to isolate ourselves from everyday worries.

   The prisoner was isolated to protect him from attack.

   Britain is isolated from the rest of Europe by the Channel.

Related words

• isolate
• isolating
• isolation

Adjective

Positive isolated

Comparative more isolated

Superlative most isolated

1. If something is isolated it is alone.

   As she got older and her friends moved away, she became more and more isolated.