{
    "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’."
}