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# isolation

«isolation» in Mova's school dictionary: **Being alone or far away from other people or places** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (isolation — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Being alone or far away from other people or places. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/isolation/#m1)

2) Keeping a sick person or thing apart from others so that an illness does not spread. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/isolation/#m2)

3) (science) Separating one thing from others so you can study it alone (in isolation). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/isolation/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In health and safety: a sick person may stay in isolation at home. In geography: the isolation of a small island far out at sea. In science: you test one factor in isolation, changing only that. In stories, isolation can make a character lonely. Phrases: in isolation, self-isolation, feelings of isolation, social isolation.

### examples

- The lighthouse keeper lived in isolation on the rock. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/isolation/#x1)
- The sick puppy was kept in isolation so others would not catch it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/isolation/#x2)
- Isolation can make people feel lonely and sad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/isolation/#x3)
- In our experiment we tested the amount of water in isolation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/isolation/#x4)
- The island's isolation means boats come only once a week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/isolation/#x5)
- The doctor said to stay in isolation for a few days. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/isolation/#x6)
- Do not look at one fact in isolation; look at the whole picture. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/isolation/#x7)

### note

Uncountable. Verb: isolate (isolated, isolating); adjective: isolated (an isolated farm). Isolation is about being apart; loneliness is the sad feeling that can come with it — you can be isolated and not lonely, or lonely in a crowd.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «isolation» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/isolation/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.