Complete Definition of "alone"

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English

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Etymology
From all + one, Old English al one, all allone, Anglo-Saxon an one, alone. See all, one, lone.

Pronunciation
(Received Pronunciation|UK) IPA|/��l��n/, SAMPA|/@"l@Un/
(General American|US) IPA|/��lo�n/, SAMPA|/@"loUn/
audio|en-us-alone.ogg|Audio (US)

Hyphenation: a·lone

Adjective
en-adj

  1. By one's self; apart from, or exclusive of, others; single; solo; solitary;—applied to a person or thing.

#* I can't ask for help because I am alone. That is, “I am alone” means nobody else is near.

  1. Of or by itself; by themselves; without any thing more or any one else; without a sharer; only.

#* Man shall not live by bread alone. —Luke iv. 4. Here, “bread alone” means bread and nothing else.

  1. Unique; without peer or equal:

#* Euclid alone has looked on Beauty bare. -- Edna St. Vincent Millay

Note: The adjective alone commonly follows its noun.

Synonyms
lone
lonely
single
solitary
solo

Translations

Basque: t|eu|bakarrik
Croatian: t+|hr|sam
Czech: sám m, sama f
Danish: alene
Frisian: allinnich
German: t|de|allein
Hebrew: t|he|���
Ido: sola
Japanese: �人 (hitori); �人� (hitori de)
Kurdish:

mid
Maltese: waħdu sulu
Norwegian: alene
Portuguese: t-|pt|sozinho, t+|pt|só
Russian: одинокий
Slovene: t-|sl|sam
Spanish: t+|es|solitario, t-|es|solo
Swedish: ensam

Adverb
en-adv|-

  1. By one's self; apart from, or exclusive of, others; solo

#: She walked home alone.


Italian

Etymology
Latin halo

Noun
it-noun|alon|m|e|i

  1. halo
  2. glow

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