Isolated (Adjective)
Meaning 1
Cut off or left behind; "an isolated pawn"; "several stranded fish in a tide pool"; "travelers marooned by the blizzard".
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Meaning 2
Under forced isolation especially for health reasons; "a quarantined animal"; "isolated patients".
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- The isolated village was cut off from the rest of the world due to a severe outbreak of the virus.
- She was forced into isolated quarantine for several weeks after being exposed to the highly contagious disease.
- The doctor recommended that the isolated patient be kept in a separate room to prevent the spread of infection.
- After contracting the rare illness, he was isolated from his family and friends for several months to undergo treatment.
- The hospital's isolated wing was specifically designed for patients with airborne diseases to minimize the risk of transmission.
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Meaning 3
Marked by separation of or from usually contiguous elements; "little isolated worlds, as abruptly disjunct and unexpected as a palm-shaded well in the Sahara"- Scientific Monthly.
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Meaning 4
Being or feeling set or kept apart from others; "she felt detached from the group"; "could not remain the isolated figure he had been"- Sherwood Anderson; "thought of herself as alone and separated from the others"; "had a set-apart feeling".
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- The elderly woman lived an isolated life in the countryside, rarely seeing anyone except her mailman.
- After moving to a new city, she felt isolated from her friends and family who lived on the other side of the country.
- The island was so isolated that it took a week for news of the outside world to reach its inhabitants.
- He felt isolated from the rest of the team, as if his ideas were not being heard or valued.
- The research station was located in an isolated area of the forest, accessible only by a dirt road.
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Meaning 5
Not close together in time; "isolated instances of rebellion"; "a few stray crumbs".
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Meaning 6
Remote and separate physically or socially; "existed over the centuries as a world apart"; "preserved because they inhabited a place apart"- W.H.Hudson; "tiny isolated villages remote from centers of civilization"; "an obscure village".
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