MEANING
Separated from other places or cut off from ordinary contact and access.
Use it for
Poor transport links; limited contact; self-contained communitiesSpecify what connection the place lacks.
Words that belong together
- isolated settlement
- isolated community
- geographically isolated
On the page
The isolated village depended on a weekly delivery van.
Although geographically isolated, the community maintained strong ties online.
The new road made the clinic less isolated during emergencies.
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Word forms
- Base
- isolated
Usage notes
Primary category: setting. May describe distance or lack of connections. Not inherently lonely, frightening, or deserted; an isolated community may be socially close-knit. Comparative: more isolated; superlative: most isolated. Participial source verb [base, third-person present, past, past participle, -ing]: isolate, isolates, isolated, isolated, isolating. Record these as same-lexeme form aliases, not additional vocabulary entries.
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