əˈpɑː(ɹ)t əˈpɑɹt dɪˈtæt͡ʃt dɪsˈdʒʌŋkt ˈaɪsəleɪtɪd əbˈskjʊə(ɹ) əbˈskjʊɹ ˈsɛpəɹeɪtɪd remote and separate physically or socially existed over the centuries as a world apart preserved because they inhabited a place apart tiny isolated villages remote from centers of civilization an obscure village not close together in time isolated instances of rebellion a few stray crumbs under forced isolation especially for health reasons a quarantined animal isolated patients being or feeling set or kept apart from others she felt detached from the group could not remain the isolated figure he had been thought of herself as alone and separated from the others had a set-apart feeling marked by separation of or from usually contiguous elements little isolated worlds, as abruptly disjunct and unexpected as a palm-shaded well in the Sahara cut off or left behind an isolated pawn several stranded fish in a tide pool travelers marooned by the blizzard