verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a remote/isolated area (= a long way from towns and cities )
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a remote area of northeast Afghanistan
an isolated incident (= one that happens on its own, not together with others )
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Luckily the attack turned out to be an isolated incident.
isolated individuals (= one on their own, not in a group with others )
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Society does not consist of isolated individuals.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
more
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Although acquitted, Du Bois became more isolated during the 1950s, and was denied a passport until 1958.
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Following her death, Park became even more isolated , withdrawn, and remote.
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Jimmy Carter was not from that elite, but he was even more isolated .
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Of the 20 percent who felt more isolated , most said they felt that way because they had less communication with co-workers.
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Making decisions that were unpopular with their subordinates, the managers felt even more isolated .
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Strategically, it left Pyongyang more vulnerable and more isolated than before.
■ NOUN
attempt
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Mr Palomar's attempt to isolate the wave is a difficult and repeatedly unsuccessful one.
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But all attempts to isolate and identify viruses from infected tissue proved fruitless.
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But the attempt to isolate such cases from the majority of child abuse cases must always be made.
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In the case of acute infectious diseases, attempts are made to isolate a single identifiable organism.
community
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Mr Straw said the fears of people in isolated rural communities could not be dismissed.
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It is possible to isolate several features of community care.
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Now the court comes to the people in poor, isolated communities-with the reassuring informality of a village meeting.
gene
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Once a mutation that causes an abnormality is observed, it becomes possible to try and identify and isolate the gene .
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Once isolated , the mutant gene will be the second gene known to increase the risk for the brain disorder.
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His team has isolated the gene switches, called promoters, from rubber plants that turn genes on exclusively in the latex.
group
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Well-equipped gyms will have a large selection of leg machines designed to isolate the various muscle groups .
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In isolating such groups for surveillance and regulation, the profession was drawing on changes within medical discourse.
rest
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Then, effectively isolated from the rest , it would continue dividing.
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Anapra is relatively isolated from the rest of Ciudad Juarez, perhaps an hour away by bus.
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Meanwhile the kidnapping industry continued with a vengeance, effectively isolating Chechnya from the rest of the world.
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It is too isolated from the rest of the curriculum.
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We tend to isolate ourselves from the rest of the natural world and yet we are very much a part of it.
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Still, no religious movement, pentecostalism included, is isolated from the rest of the culture.
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Those inside are left to make do as best they can in a community isolated from the rest of the world.
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Humans however, have learnt to isolate sugar from the rest of the plant.
world
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An entire childhood spent in darkness, isolated from the world , with no human contact except an occasional beating.
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When I first discovered that little village, it was this isolated little world .
■ VERB
become
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Although acquitted, Du Bois became more isolated during the 1950s, and was denied a passport until 1958.
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Following her death, Park became even more isolated , withdrawn, and remote.
feel
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These factors can contribute to making you feel isolated .
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Altoona receded quickly, and my parents must have felt isolated and deceived.
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Of the 20 percent who felt more isolated , most said they felt that way because they had less communication with co-workers.
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Therefore I feel isolated down here in the flatland prairie, and would like to know a little more about you.
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There is no need for them to feel so isolated and miserable.
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Making decisions that were unpopular with their subordinates, the managers felt even more isolated .
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I felt less isolated in my position.
remain
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It has not remained isolated and unexplained or remote from the community.
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The animal will remain isolated , though, because older and bigger rhinos likely would pick on the youngster, Blakeslee said.
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The old growth remaining nearby occurs in isolated patches and is under constant threat.
try
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We can try to isolate sport-related output, sports-related income, or sports-related expenditure.
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If that happened we could then try to purify and isolate the morphogen from the mixture - but we had no luck.
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Once a mutation that causes an abnormality is observed, it becomes possible to try and identify and isolate the gene.
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These explanations try to isolate clearly-defined elements of behaviour, and to account for them in terms of the simplest possible models of learning.
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The work was geared towards trying to isolate the products of specific workshops or craftsmen.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The six other patients were immediately isolated from the infected four.
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The U.S. has tried to isolate Cuba both economically and politically.
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Their goal is to surround and isolate the town.
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We've succeeded in isolating the gene that determines a person's weight.
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We used to routinely isolate people who had measles.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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They may reject you and isolate you because you are different from them and they would like to be like you.
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Yet it is often a hidden disability, which isolates both the people who suffer from it and their families.