isolated

1. 1
   adjective

   Kept apart from other people or places, with little contact around.

   Like a single tree standing alone in the middle of a big empty field.

   The cabin felt completely isolated after the snow blocked the road.

   She felt isolated when no one called her for weeks.

   Similarremote, secluded, inaccessible, detached, alienated

   Oppositeconnected, accessible, integrated

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2. 2
   adjective

   Happening only one time, not as part of a pattern.

   Like a single drop of rain on a dry day, with no storm following.

   The power cut was an isolated event and did not happen again.

   Police said the attack was isolated and the area remained safe.

   Similarone-off, single, solitary, exceptional, anomalous

   Oppositewidespread, common, systemic, frequent

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3. 3
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of isolate. Use this form for the action of separating something, done in the past.

   The doctors isolated the patient to stop the infection from spreading.

   Researchers isolated the gene responsible for the disorder.

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4. 4
   adjective

   Happening on its own, without other health problems alongside it.

   Like one weed in a clean garden, just by itself with nothing else growing wrong.

   Doctors said it was an isolated problem and nothing else was wrong.

   The child had an isolated heart defect with no other issues.

   Similarsolitary, single

   Oppositesyndromic

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5. 5
   adjective

   Removed from a living thing so it can be studied on its own.

   Like taking one brick out of a wall so you can look at it alone.

   The team studied the isolated cells under a microscope.

   Scientists tested the isolated protein in the lab.

   Similarpurified

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6. 6
   adjective

   In weather forecasts, found in only a few places across an area.

   Like a few puddles after rain, only in some spots and not everywhere.

   The forecast warned of isolated showers across the valley.

   We saw isolated storms, but most of the region stayed dry.

   Similarlocalized, sporadic

   Oppositewidespread

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7. 7
   adjective

   In chess, a pawn with no friendly pawns next to it on either side.

   Like a lone player with no teammates standing nearby to help.

   His isolated pawn became a weakness late in the game.

   She avoided creating an isolated pawn in the opening.

   Oppositeconnected

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8. 8
   adjective

   In math, an associated prime that is one of the smallest, with no smaller one inside it.

   Like the smallest box in a stack, with no smaller box tucked inside it.

   Students learned to find the isolated primes before the others.

   An isolated prime has no smaller associated prime inside it.

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   Oppositeembedded

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