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alone
[ uh-lohn ]
adjective
- separate, apart, or isolated from others:
I want to be alone.
Synonyms: unattended, unaccompanied, solitary, single
- to the exclusion of all others or all else:
One cannot live by bread alone.
He is alone among his peers in devotion to duty.
adverb
- solitarily; solo:
She prefers to live alone.
You alone hold the key to your happiness.
- without aid or help:
The baby let go of the side of the crib and stood alone.
alone
/ əˈləʊn /
adjective
- apart from another or others; solitary
- without anyone or anything else
one man alone could lift it
- without equal; unique
he stands alone in the field of microbiology
- to the exclusion of others; only
she alone believed him
- leave alone or leave be or let alone or let beto refrain from annoying or interfering with
- leave well alone or leave well enough alone or let well alone or let well enough aloneto refrain from interfering with something that is satisfactory
- let alonemuch less; not to mention
he can't afford beer, let alone whisky
Usage Note
Other Words From
- a·lone·ness noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of alone1
Idioms and Phrases
- leave / let well enough alone, to be satisfied with the existing situation; refrain from attempting to change conditions:
Marriages are often destroyed by relatives who will not let well enough alone.
- leave alone. leave 1( def 18 ).
- let alone. let 1( def 16 ).
More idioms and phrases containing alone
see go it alone ; leave someone alone ; leave well enough alone ; let alone .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
He will explain that the UK is not alone in having this problem, which he says also affects other parts of Europe, but notes that the US has "a better story to tell".
International recruitment has also fallen, with overall visa applications down by about 16% this year, and 20% fewer applications from India alone.
On a business trip to Dubai and Abu Dhabi in February 1989, she was unnerved to find she had been booked to travel alone with Al Fayed and to stay in his hotel suite, while the rest of his entourage were staying in a separate accommodation.
He said Mr Stockton called 999 shortly after he was left alone with Charlie in a "trusted position of responsibility" on the morning of 12 January, to say the boy had become "lifeless and floppy".
The minister said the government was committed to protecting the most vulnerable through the 25% discount on council tax for people who live alone and other support schemes.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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