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in isolation

in isolation prepositional phrase: on its own; unaccompanied by, or without reference to, anything else.

Prepositional phrase

  1. On its own; unaccompanied by, or without reference to, anything else.
    • The play, taken in isolation, seems nonsensical, but it is in fact a surreal satire of recent events.

Questions about in isolation

What does in isolation mean?
In isolation means on its own; unaccompanied by, or without reference to, anything else.
What part of speech is in isolation?
In isolation is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in isolation in the dictionary

  1. in idea
  2. in ill part
  3. in increment
  4. in infinitum
  5. in irons
  6. in isolation
  7. in it
  8. in its entirety
  9. in its totality
  10. in itself
  11. in jail

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