/ Dictionary / Index I isolating: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: i•so•lat•ing Pronunciation: (ī'su-lā"ting, is'u-), [key] — adj. Ling. 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. Cf. agglutinative (def. 2),(def. 2). Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: isolating (Thesaurus) isolated set isolation Related Content Daily Word Quiz: procrastinate Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language