
island | island: n. isle, islet, ait, cay, key; atoll; archipelago; Brit dialect eyot, holm: There are actually about 1500 islands in the Thousand Islands in the St Lawrence river.
isolate | isolate: v. separate, segregate, sequester, cloister, detach, cut off, send to Coventry, ostracize, maroon, exclude, shut out, bar, debar, banish, deport, transport, exile, reject, eject, throw out, expel, shun, spurn, avoid, ignore, snub; quarantine; Colloq cut, give (someone) the cold shoulder: You cannot isolate a child from the pressures of modern society.
isolated | isolated: adj. 1 lone, solitary, single, singular, unique, anomalous, separate, special, particular, individual, exceptional, unrelated: In one isolated case they recommended a suspended sentence. 2 alone, separated, segregated, secluded, sequestered, cloistered, unconnected, detached, (set) apart, removed, cut off, excluded; forlorn, lonely, hermitic(al), eremitic(al), anchoretic(al), troglodytic(al), monastic: Away from his friends and family, he felt totally isolated. After his wife died, he led an isolated existence. 3 secluded, remote, out-of-the-way, off the beaten track, unfrequented, lonely; secret, hidden: For twenty years we lived in that isolated shack in the wilderness.
issue | issue: n. 1 outflow, outgoing, exit, egress, issuance, emanation, efflux, debouchment, emergence, outlet: The river''s colour changed abruptly at its point of issue into the sea. 2 outcome, conclusion, consequence, culmination, result, end, effect, consummation, event, climax, Colloq pay-off: Whatever the issue, it has been a brave effort. 3 point, topic, subject, matter, affair, problem, question: That is an issue you should take up with the mayor. 4 Usually, major issue. (major or big) problem or difficulty, controversy, fight, dispute, cause c�l�bre: He turns even walking the dog into a major issue. 5 printing, edition, version; copy, number: I have a copy of the Sunday issue. See if you can buy an issue of today''s paper. 6 publication, promulgation, issuance, issuing, distribution, delivery, dissemination, broadcasting, proclamation, circulation: There will be a special issue of stamps to commemorate his death. 7 offspring, child or children, descendant(s), progeny, young, scion(s), son(s), daughter(s): According to the records, your uncle died without issue, making you his sole heir. 8 at issue. in contention, in dispute, unresolved, unsettled, uncertain, up in the air, to be decided: The point at issue is which system will be the most efficient. 9 take issue. disagree, argue, contend, dispute, oppose, take exception: I feel that I must take issue with your conclusion. --v. 10 proclaim, promulgate, declare, publish, put out, put or set forth, announce, circulate, distribute, get out, release, deliver, broadcast, disseminate, get out: The kidnappers have issued an ultimatum. 11 emerge, come or go forth, exit, emanate, discharge, stream, flow, pour; appear, originate, spring, stem, arise: The play ended, and people issued from the theatre. Where Pegasus stamped his foot the Pierian spring issued forth.
