in isolation 1. separately, individually, independently, singly, apart Punishment cannot, therefore, be discussed in isolation. 2. alone, separately, by yourself, singly, apart, unaided, unassisted, under your own steam, solitarily He works in isolation but I have no doubts about his abilities.

the condition of being alone, especially when this makes you feel unhappy: The prisoner had been kept in isolation for three days. After all the visitors had left, she experienced a feeling of complete isolation. C2.

With Tom Glenister, Angela Griffin, Bodhi Marsan, Daniel Lawrence Taylor. Four short dramas reflecting what families are going through after weeks of isolation brought 7/10(74).

isolation: Definition Isolation refers to the precautions that are taken in the hospital to prevent the spread of an infectious agent from an infected or colonized patient to susceptible persons. Purpose Isolation practices are designed to minimize the transmission of infection in the hospital, using current understanding of the way infections.

With segregation, with the isolation of the injured and the robbed, comes the concentration of disadvantage. An unsegregated America might see poverty, and all its effects, spread across the country with no particular bias toward skin color.