Definitions for isolated

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isolated i·so·lat·ed

Spelling: [ahy-suh-ley-tid, is-uh-]

IPA: /ˈaɪ səˌleɪ tɪd, ˈɪs ə-/

Isolated is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 530 anagrams from letters in isolated (adeilost).

Definitions for isolated

noun

1. a person, thing, or group that is set apart or isolated, as for purposes of study.
2. Psychology. a person, often shy or lacking in social skills, who avoids the company of others and has no friends within a group.
3. Biology. an inbreeding population that is isolated from similar populations by physiological, behavioral, or geographic barriers.
4. Also called language isolate. Linguistics. a language with no demonstrable genetic relationship, as Basque.
5. something that has been isolated, as a by-product in a manufacturing process:

adjective

1. separated from other persons or things; alone; solitary.
2. isolated; alone.

verb (used with object)

1. to set or place apart; detach or separate so as to be alone.
2. Medicine/Medical. to keep (an infected person) from contact with noninfected persons; quarantine.
3. Chemistry, Bacteriology. to obtain (a substance or microorganism) in an uncombined or pure state.
4. Electricity. to insulate.
5. Television. to single out (a person, action, etc.) for a camera closeup.

Origin of isolated

1755-65; French isolé isolated (Italian; see isolato); see -ate¹,

Examples for isolated

Which is impossible unless people talk publicly rather than letting each crime be its own isolated incident.

All of us can readily conjure up horror scenarios by the isolated person acting badly.

The book I give to the public, is not made up of isolated articles.

Standing up, I pointed to distant mountains and isolated peaks.

He has contributed to a false picture of law enforcement based on isolated injustices.

For many years, visitors were barred from the isolated towns.

Hermits and those who live on isolated farms are interesting in this respect.

If only he had been an isolated soul he would not have felt so keenly.

The Causses, owing to their isolated position, may be said to have escaped a history.

isolated lesbians learned that there were other women like them via books whose covers aimed to titillate heterosexual men.