isolation

isolation
isolate i‧so‧late [ˈaɪsəleɪt] verb [transitive]
1. to prevent a country or company from getting support or business from other countries or companies, so that it becomes weaker:

• Efforts to isolate North Korea financially through targeted measures appeared to be working.

2. to separate something so that it can be dealt with by itself, rather than affecting the whole of a business, market etc:

• After isolating the problem, investigate it as quickly as possible and resolve it.

— isolation noun [uncountable] :

• Inflation cannot be addressed in isolation from other economic problems.

— isolated adjective :

• The regime has become increasingly isolated.

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isolation UK US /ˌaɪsəlˈeɪʃən/ noun [U]
► the condition of being separated from other people, towns, countries, etc.: »

geographic/rural/social isolation


Financial and business terms. 2012.

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