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isolated

  • adjective
  • iso·lat·ed
  • /ˈaɪsəleɪtɪd/

Placed or standing apart or alone; in isolation.

Example

“an isolated tree in the mountains”

Other meanings

  1. Happening or occurring only once.

  2. Affecting ten to twenty percent of a forecast zone.

Related words

  • isolatedly
  • isolatedness
  • nonisolated
  • optoisolated
  • unisolated
  • isolated horizon
  • isolated pawn
  • isolated system
  • socially-isolated

Example sentences

  • “I'm not isolated anymore.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From French "isolé".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “isolated” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.