Meaning

1 senses

  1. (literary, not comparable)Isolated.

Examples

204 sentences

  1. Tom felt very isolated.

    Том почувався ізольованим. — deniko

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  2. I felt isolated.

    Я почувався одиноким. — deniko

    deIch fühlte mich allein. — kolonjano

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  3. That incident was an isolated event.

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  4. That incident wasn't an isolated event.

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  5. The village was isolated by the flood.

    deDas Dorf war durch die Überschwemmung isoliert. — Tamy

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Origin

Back-formation from isolated, from French isolé, from Italian isolato, from Latin īnsulātu

Back-formation from isolated, from French isolé, from Italian isolato, from Latin īnsulātus (whence also insulate), see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3).

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Word family

13 related words
RelatedinsularC2isolatedC1isolationB1insulantinsularityinsulateinsulationinsulatorisolatableisolatingisolationismisolativeisolator

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
islanderB2isleB1isletisoisolationB1isomorphicisomorphismisotope
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