noun

isolation

eye-suh-LAY-shuhn

noun

The state of being separated or apart from others.

"He spent the winter in near-total isolation at the remote cabin."

"The disease was contained through strict isolation measures."

The process of separating a substance, cause, or factor from everything else, in science or investigation.

"The isolation of the virus was a key step in developing the vaccine."

How to Use Isolation

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishBeing cut off or kept apart, whether physically, socially, or in a lab experiment.

Common pairings

in isolation social isolation isolation ward

isolations plural

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He spent the winter in near-total _____ at the remote cabin.

First recorded around 1800, from French isolation, from isolé ("placed on an island") — built from isolate plus -ion.

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