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isolating
[ ahy-suh-ley-ting, is-uh- ]
adjective
- 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
/ ˈaɪsəˌleɪtɪŋ /
adjective
- linguistics another word for analytic
Word History and Origins
Origin of isolating1
Example Sentences
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.
No-one wants to be alone, and no job is more isolating than being a pop star.
The abandonment of democratic principles and the democratic institutions the U.S. helped to create is isolating the United States from nations that have been our allies, partners, and friends.
"In an oil and gas field, high resolution could be the difference between isolating the methane emissions from an oil well head from an adjacent pipeline," he says.
After the meeting, Macron said Trump had "good reason" to re-establish communication with Russia's President Vladimir Putin - a notable departure from France's previous policy of isolating him.
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