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{
"term": "isolated",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"academic": true,
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "far away from any others",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "isolated rural areas"
}
],
"synonyms": "remote",
"topics": ["Buildings"],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["appear", "be", "feel"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
"preposition": ["from"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "without much contact with other people or other countries",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I felt very isolated in my new job."
},
{
"text": "Elderly people easily become socially isolated."
},
{
"text": "The decision left the country isolated from its allies."
},
{
"text": "Without help, many elderly people would be left isolated."
},
{
"text": "a child who is isolated from other children"
},
{
"text": "It can be a lonely, isolated life on a farm."
},
{
"text": "The President is looking increasingly isolated from the whole agenda."
},
{
"text": "Unless a compromise could be reached the country would be diplomatically isolated on this issue."
},
{
"text": "a culturally isolated community"
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["appear", "be", "feel"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
"preposition": ["from"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "single; happening once",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The police said the attack was an isolated incident."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈaɪsəleɪtɪd/",
"audio": "is/isolated/isolated__gb_3.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈaɪsəleɪtɪd/",
"audio": "is/isolated/isolated__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "mid 18th cent.: from French isolé, from Italian isolato, from late Latin insulatus ‘made into an island’, from Latin insula ‘island’."
}