isolation B1 Topic:People & Society US /ˌɑesəˈlæɪʃən/ UK /ˌaɪsəˈleɪʃən/ See IPA manual Freq #8979 Meanings 1 noun The state of being alone or separated from other people She lived her final year in complete isolation. 2 noun The act of keeping one thing apart from others The new factor was tested in isolation from the rest of the system. 3 noun The act of keeping a sick person away from others to stop a disease spreading The patient was kept in isolation for a week. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the state of being alone or... solitudeseclusionloneliness 2 noun · the act of keeping one... closing off Word family Forms isolations Derived forms coisolationdeisolationimmunoisolationisolationalisolationaryisolationismisolationistisolationisticmicroisolationoptoisolationpostisolationpreisolation Related forms insulateinsulationisolateisolatedness Etymology AI details First attested in 1800. From French isolation, from isolé, placed on an island (thus away from other people). Equivalent to isolate + -ion. isolation French View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society Health & Medicine External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # isolation **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˌɑesəˈlæɪʃən/ **IPA (UK):** /ˌaɪsəˈleɪʃən/ **Frequency rank:** 8979 ## Meanings 1. The state of being alone or separated from other people 2. The act of keeping one thing apart from others 3. The act of keeping a sick person away from others to stop a disease spreading ## Examples - She lived her final year in complete isolation. - The new factor was tested in isolation from the rest of the system. - The patient was kept in isolation for a week. ## Derived Forms - coisolation - deisolation - immunoisolation - isolational - isolationary - isolationism - isolationist - isolationistic - microisolation - optoisolation - postisolation - preisolation ## Related Forms - insulate - insulation - isolate - isolatedness ## Roots and Affixes - Root: isolation ## Etymology First attested in 1800. From French isolation, from isolé, placed on an island (thus away from other people). Equivalent to isolate + -ion. ## AI Etymology Isolation is first attested in 1800. From French isolation, from isolé, placed on an island (thus away from other people). Equivalent to isolate + -ion. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named base and affix. ## Topics - People & Society - Health & Medicine markdown