noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
complete
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The personal consequences of complete isolation in hospital for patients and families who have previously socialised freely are potentially enormous.
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Yet keep in mind: your children are in the safest place and the most complete isolation on our hilltop.
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Even opting out of the social chapter to undercut the core on labour costs will not ultimately compensate for complete isolation .
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All of us need approval unless we choose to live in complete isolation from other people.
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After months of complete isolation from the outside world Mary's sister visited her.
cultural
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The trouble was that the old meeting-house had become a symbol of religious and cultural isolation .
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But other varieties of negotiation are no less important. Cultural isolation may be damaging to the business sector of one nation.
diplomatic
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Economic sanctions, the cultural and sporting boycotts, and diplomatic isolation must be maintained and intensified.
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Kim Il Sung also found the dialogue with the South to be beneficial, especially in breaking out of his diplomatic isolation .
geographical
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Steamboats, railways and telegraphs broke down geographical isolation .
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To begin with Darwin had solved this problem by invoking geographical isolation .
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A culture defined by a government, a religion, or an economic system does not require geographical or racial isolation .
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One process which has certainly been important is geographical isolation .
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Frequently many rural communities are faced with more than their physical and geographical isolation .
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There is debate about whether a single species can split into two without geographical isolation .
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Clustering of high fertility families, and geographical and social isolation of some estates, may be important too.
international
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Britain experienced international isolation over the issue and in March 1902, agreed to the Boers' wish for peace.
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Ironically, all this international isolation is turning out to be good for us, mobilizing our energy and our national spirit.
political
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The country's political isolation and lack of indigenous oil has made coal liquefaction a major technology.
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Wheatley died, in some political isolation , in 1930.
relative
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Many teachers work in relative isolation within their own classrooms in both primary and secondary schools.
social
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Two of the most obvious differences are the degree of social isolation and the possibilities of autonomy.
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These involved marital, loss or separation, social relations or isolation , and criminal behaviour problems.
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Undoubtedly, the human contact which shopping provides becomes increasingly important to people who suffer from social isolation .
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Orcadians were used to building wherever they liked since they never equated physical and social isolation .
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The social isolation of women is not nearly as popular a cause for concern as it was in the 1970s.
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The example of Marilyn Thornton emphasizes sharply the association of housework with social isolation .
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Time, distance, and social isolation ensured that each patrolling constable carried a mobile Panopticon with him.
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The therapist also raised the problem of Liz's social isolation , and together they explored ways of re-establishing her social life.
splendid
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Modernism has projected a compelling image of the artist in a state of splendid isolation .
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Art, he was now learning, is made not in splendid calm and isolation but in an unavoidable rush of commitments.
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The Memorial Hall stands in splendid isolation as the only village amenity.
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All this existed in a state of nearly complete, if splendid , isolation .
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All that survives now is two walls, standing in splendid isolation , up to the deck height of the bridge.
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It was a simple drawing of a square tower, standing in splendid isolation like an accusing finger pointing at the sky.
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Campus bookselling had existed in splendid isolation and been largely unmoved by the 1980s high street revolution, he argued.
total
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Konrad Lorenz wrote that birds even in total isolation are able to produce a recognisable version of the song of their species.
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It was a 3, 000-foot granite slab, rising in total isolation from a flat plain.
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If the Solar System existed in total isolation , those comets would continue to orbit in perfectly stable fashion.
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None of us works in total isolation .
■ NOUN
hospital
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The Board of Guardians replied that they didn't have any isolation hospital and were unable to accept liability.
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Her lungs were racked with fever and the doctor took one look at her and sent her to the isolation hospital .
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Very few people ever left the isolation hospital and visitors had to sit behind a glass screen.
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He wanted Asquith on a pedestal and Lloyd George in an isolation hospital .
ward
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This now serves, not only as guest accommodation, but also as an occasional isolation ward , study and music room.
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The isolation ward was already crowded with cases of other illnesses when the first five polio victims arrived in May.
■ VERB
break
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Steamboats, railways and telegraphs broke down geographical isolation .
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Afraid to break into his isolation she watched in silence, embarrassed to be there.
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An obvious extension of this is that they should attempt to break down the isolation between practitioners in different countries.
consider
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The idea of randomness takes its emotive force from being considered in isolation from its context.
end
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The moderates believe aid and trade are essential and are willing to compromise to end the country's isolation .
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John Major has ended Britain's isolation .
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Nesterenko is trying to end that isolation and indifference.
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But now Pitcairn Island has voted to end its isolation .
exist
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In neither case, does the activity of a postman emerge as something which could be good if it existed in isolation .
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Subjects do not exist in isolation , but rather come together to form a coherent whole for the children.
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The day hospital does not exist in isolation .
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Throughout the novel no idea exists in isolation .
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Moreover, most such areas exist in isolation from the traditional provision for foot traffic in the rest of each built-up area.
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A procedure does not exist in isolation from its surroundings, and Procedure Audit requires this to be acknowledged explicitly.
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Even the best examples of habitat types can not exist in isolation like islands of richness in a sea of poverty.
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Campus bookselling had existed in splendid isolation and been largely unmoved by the 1980s high street revolution, he argued.
feel
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She felt the isolation then of not being a part of anyone.
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Ironically, despite all this activity, most members of Congress feel a sense of isolation most of the time.
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He felt his isolation , his inability to connect-it was stronger, essential, cosmic.
lead
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These research activities have led to the initial isolation of many of the now known species of methane producing bacteria.
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Their ruthless pursuit of Navajos in the 1860s led to isolation of a small band, which interbred, risking genetic disorders.
live
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All of us need approval unless we choose to live in complete isolation from other people.
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The small townships and villages of the backlands thus lived in isolation , largely self-sufficient and introspective.
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To those used to claustrophobic living quarters and the isolation of island living, a mini-Bio2 seems positively charming.
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He and his family lived in isolation in the hillside village of Botunje, six miles outside of Kragujevac.
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Sufferers were shamed, driven out of their own communities and forced to live in isolation .
operate
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But we also know that the genes do not operate in isolation .
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Instead the two modules operate in isolation with the results being combined by a control processor.
reduce
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Work also provides social contact and reduces the isolation experienced by those bringing up children alone.
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Telephones can be installed, emergency call-card systems operated and local neighbourly help recruited to reduce the isolation of many old people.
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Fiscal equality is not expected to reduce racial isolation .
study
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Each sentence could be studied in isolation and be analysed in terms of grammatical construction, lexical content and so on.
suffer
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Many of the suicide incidents have taken place in remote areas where people suffer physical as well as emotional isolation .
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Undoubtedly, the human contact which shopping provides becomes increasingly important to people who suffer from social isolation .
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Whereas with us, it's the young, working-class housewife who suffers most from isolation .
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It was those who suffered the isolation of the front-line patrol who demanded changes.
work
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But bosses don't work in isolation and it is in the staff's interest to support them.
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None of us works in total isolation .
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Clearly, an array of export prohibitions by one country will not work in isolation .
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Many teachers work in relative isolation within their own classrooms in both primary and secondary schools.
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They are forced to work in isolation , even though it is riskier to do so.
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One tutor or clinical teacher would find it impossible to work in isolation .
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She does not work in isolation , and poor records will deprive others involved in teaching of vital information about the student.
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As is often the case in creative areas, many of them work in isolation , unaware of other activities or opportunities.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
in splendid isolation
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All that survives now is two walls, standing in splendid isolation, up to the deck height of the bridge.
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Campus bookselling had existed in splendid isolation and been largely unmoved by the 1980s high street revolution, he argued.
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It was a simple drawing of a square tower, standing in splendid isolation like an accusing finger pointing at the sky.
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The Memorial Hall stands in splendid isolation as the only village amenity.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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First-year college students often experience feelings of isolation .
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The island's isolation has been a major factor in preserving its beauty.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Man is so constructed that such isolation is too immense to conceive and the young cabin boy loses his rational faculties.
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Steamboats, railways and telegraphs broke down geographical isolation .
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The lack of clear leadership was underlined by the increasing isolation of Nicholas himself.
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The years in isolation and adversity had deepened his self-knowledge and political awareness.
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Their very weakness, their distance from practical affairs, and their isolation made them ever more extreme.
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Very few people ever left the isolation hospital and visitors had to sit behind a glass screen.