isolated

English

Etymology

A rendering into English of French isolé.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaɪsəleɪtɪd/
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  • Hyphenation: iso‧lat‧ed

Adjective

isolated (comparative more isolated, superlative 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
    an isolated occurrence
  3. (chess, of a pawn) Such that no pawn of the same color is in an adjacent file.
  4. (meteorology, of precipitation) Affecting ten to twenty percent of a forecast zone.
  5. (medicine) Which has been extracted from the organism.
  6. (algebra, of an associated prime of a module) Minimal with respect to inclusion (among associated primes).
    Antonym: embedded
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    I feel so isolated among my workmates

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Verb

isolated

  1. simple past and past participle of isolate

References

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “isolated”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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