isolated
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- adjective
- /ˈaɪsəˌleɪtɪd/
- Specialized
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aislado
- I think he died from COVID isolated in a ward.
I think he died from COVID isolated in a ward.
- I think he died from COVID isolated in a ward.
- Wilt is systemic throughout the plant, but the fact that it cannot be spread from plant to plant means it is isolated to only one plant.
Examples
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You set the virus loose in an isolated little village and then sit and watch it on the telly?
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They're put in an isolated room all by themselves with negative pressure immense towards the outside.
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You may become isolated not because you believe it, but because you're too embarrassed to show up with this person again.
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Halitosis has been described occasionally as an isolated presenting symptom.
Academic text (2008) -
He was held in an isolated shack in a compound on the outskirts of Karachi.
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Early efforts at prevention primarily involved isolation, such as removing those with leprosy from the community or confining those with tuberculosis in special isolated institutions.
Academic text (2005) -
In order to prevent infection, the patient was kept in an isolated room away from others.
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The researcher studied the isolated virus strain to understand its unique properties.
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During the outbreak, several individuals were isolated to ensure the disease did not spread further.
Synonyms
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5.1
A place not seen or visited by many people
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4.1
Kept away from other people to stop disease spreading
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Living apart from other people and the outside world, often in a quiet place
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Feeling separate from other people or different from them
Kept apart from others to stop an illness spreading
Kept away from other people in a quiet private place
Not together with other people, kept apart from them
Antonyms
How Isolated
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Isolated comes from the Latin insula 'island' and the idea of making someone into an island. That is why to keep people isolated is to keep them apart so a disease cannot spread.