isolation

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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.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the state of being alone or... solitude seclusion loneliness

2 noun · the act of keeping one... closing off

Word family

Forms isolations

Derived forms coisolationdeisolationimmunoisolationisolationalisolationaryisolationismisolationistisolationisticmicroisolationoptoisolationpostisolationpreisolation

Related forms insulate insulation isolateisolatedness

Etymology

First attested in 1800. From French isolation, from isolé, placed on an island (thus away from other people). Equivalent to isolate + -ion.

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# 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.

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