isolated

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isolated

  • /ˈaɪsəleɪtɪd/

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A rendering into English of French isolé.

adjective more isolated · most isolated

  1. Placed or standing apart or alone; in isolation. an isolated tree in the mountains
  2. Happening or occurring only once. isolated case
  3. of a pawn Such that no pawn of the same color is in an adjacent file.
  4. of precipitation Affecting ten to twenty percent of a forecast zone.
  5. Which has been extracted from the organism.
  6. Of a condition or abnormality: occurring in the absence of associated conditions or abnormalities.
  7. of an associated prime of a module Minimal with respect to inclusion (among associated primes).

    Opposite: embedded

  8. of a person Lacking peers who share one's beliefs, experiences, practices, etc. I feel so isolated among my workmates

    Similar: abandoned, alone, forsaken, lonely, lonesome, solitary

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of isolate

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: detached, separate, obscure, disjunct, separated, sporadic, segregated, apart, unaccompanied, unintegrated, unconnected, scattered, quarantined, stray, stranded, marooned

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adj in isolation

Españolaislado
हिन्दीवियुक्त viyukt, विलगित vilgit, एकल ekal
Portuguêsisolado
Françaisisolé
Deutschisoliert, gesondert, abgesondert
Italianoisolato
Ελληνικάαπομονωμένος apomonoménos, μοναχικός monachikós
Românăizolat
Русскийизоли́рованный izolírovannyj, обосо́бленный obosóblennyj, уединённый ujedinjónnyj, ото́рванный otórvannyj

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@misc{isolated_2026,
  title = {isolated},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/isolated},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}