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isolating

[ ahy-suh-ley-ting, is-uh- ]

adjective

Linguistics.
  1. pertaining to or noting a language, as Vietnamese, that uses few or no bound forms and in which grammatical relationships are indicated chiefly through word order. Compare agglutinative ( def 2 ), inflectional ( def 2 ).


isolating

/ ˈɪəˌɪɪŋ /

adjective

  1. linguistics another word for analytic
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Word History and Origins

Origin of isolating1

First recorded in 1855–60; isolat(e) + -ing 2
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The separation model was introduced in 2017 with the aim of isolating and controlling prisoners who present a risk that could not be managed in a standard prison environment, according to the MoJ.

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Narrating her way through her own deep, isolating grief, she wrote her most popular book.

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As the pregnancy progressed the then 28-year-old managed to hide it from Mr Sharkey and her wider family by wearing baggy clothes and isolating herself over winter, she said.

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The secondary crisis has hit hard in Malibu because of the ongoing closure of Pacific Coast Highway to most vehicle traffic — isolating the beachside community from customers coming from the Westside.

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No-one wants to be alone, and no job is more isolating than being a pop star.

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ISO Latin-1isolation