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alone English

Meaning alone meaning

What does alone mean?

Definitions in simple English

alone Adjective

— If someone is alone, they are not with other people. She looked around to make sure that she was alone before opening the desk. — If someone is alone, they have no friends or people they know. He felt very alone in Canada and wanted to go home.

alone Adverb

— If you do something alone, you do it without other people. She went walking alone because she wanted to think. — When you talk about something alone, you mean only that thing. It will take weeks for the planning alone. We can't open it. The owner alone has the key.

alone

— adverb (= entirely, exclusively, solely, only) without any others being included or involved was entirely to blame a school devoted entirely to the needs of problem children he works for Mr. Smith exclusively did it solely for money the burden of proof rests on the prosecution alone a privilege granted only to him — adverb (= solo) without anybody else or anything else the child stayed home alone the pillar stood alone, supporting nothing he flew solo — adjective isolated from others could be alone in a crowded room was alone with her thoughts I want to be alone — adjective (= lone, lonely, solitary) lacking companions or companionship he was alone when we met him she is alone much of the time the lone skier on the mountain a lonely fisherman stood on a tuft of gravel a lonely soul a solitary traveler — adjective (= only) exclusive of anyone or anything else she alone believed him cannot live by bread alone I'll have this car and this car only — adjective (= unique, unequaled, unparalleled) radically distinctive and without equal he is alone in the field of microbiology this theory is altogether alone in its penetration of the problem Bach was unique in his handling of counterpoint craftsmen whose skill is unequaled unparalleled athletic ability a breakdown of law unparalleled in our history

Synonyms alone synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as alone?

alone English » English

only solitary single by oneself lonely sole solely on one’s own lone unaccompanied one isolated just solo singly desolate unique solitarily separate self individually empty unmarried odd lonesome unparalleled unequalled unequaled unaided separately only one oneself lonelily independently independent helpless friendless exclusively entirely each widower widowed unless unassisted singular single-handed simple one person on one’s tod naked

Topics alone topics

What do people use alone to talk about?

States Quantity Number Cardinal numbers

One

What words refer to being by yourself?

alone by yourself sole
What words refer to doing something by yourself?

alone on your own solo solely

Social behavior Relationships Disunity

Alone

What words describe a person who is alone?

alone on your own by yourself unaccompanied marooned isolated

Social behavior Prosperity, trouble Trouble

Separate, alone

What words refer to being alone?

be separate alone lonely isolated hermit recluse cloistered sanctified singular bachelor old maid orphan be by yourself cut off from people marooned remote distant

States Quantity Number

Numbered group

What words indicate that only one person does something?

alone (adv) solo

States Quantity All

Only

What words describe the only person or thing?

only sole the one lone solitary alone one and only single

Language and thought Emotion Feel bad Sad

Lonely

What words refer to feeling lonely?

feel lonely feel alone feel isolated feel abandoned miss someone

Social behavior Behavior Love

Abandon

What words refer to abandoning someone?

desert disown divorce dump forsake leave alone maroon

Examples alone examples

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Simple sentences

Leave me alone!

I'd rather stay home than go alone.

I don't want to go alone.

Mary would often sit alone on the porch.

In those days, he lived in the house alone.

John was standing alone in the room with his arms folded.

You are too young to travel alone.

My father doesn't let me go out alone at night.

You must have been surprised to find me alone with her last night.

I've got work to do, so piss off and leave me alone.

It's because you don't want to be alone.

Every person who is alone is alone because they are afraid of others.

Leave me alone.

Let me alone!

When I was a child, I would spend hours reading alone in my room.

If you don't want to stay alone, I can keep you company.

You'll never be alone.

You are mad to try to do it all alone.

I think you and he wanna be alone.

We think it is very dangerous that you're climbing the mountain alone.

The church stood alone on the hill.

Movie subtitles

Yes! With you alone!

But according to Rule Number 72 I can't leave my companion alone!

For thousands of years, we've wondered if we're alone in the cosmos.

Are we alone?

Millions are alive right now, and that fact alone tells scientists a lot as they comb the cosmos for alien life.

Finding life, even primitive microbial life, would change our place in the universe by telling us that we're not alone.

Right now, in our own Milky Way galaxy alone, there may be numerous intelligent alien civilisations.

You shouldn't be walking out here alone.

Why are you here, by the way, alone?

If you are not only Lord Kim Eung Boo's son, there is no way he will leave you alone.

Will you leave them alone like that?

That's what becomes love, memories and sentimental longing. That one of those things alone are the strengths that keep you alive.

It's. it's not fair that she's alone.

I'm just asking you to please respect that and leave me the hell alone.

What'll you do, all alone in Paris?

He followed his own path, alone, which doesn't surprise me.

I told her to leave me alone today.

I just don't want her to be alone.

You'd rather I be alone?

I don't want to end up like my father, alone in some fucking V.A. hospital with nothing to show for his life but three missing fingers.

My house is the most chaotic, loudest place ever and sometimes I look around and I feel devastatingly alone.

Now leave me the fuck alone.

I'll go back to HQ alone.

Then would you please leave us alone?

Every time 009 uses his Accelerator, he sees that view all alone.

Yeah, well, I just thought it might be nice, you know, to stay home alone. Just you and me.

She is not alone!

Leave him alone!

Politically, it seems that it's just Your Majesty and the South that's fighting alone.

Yes. There seems to be an elderly who lives alone that isn't feeling well. That elderly is determined to see you.

The elderly that lives alone is Lee Jae Ha?

There have been multiple instances of him sitting on a bench alone and talking to himself.

Despite that, are you just going to leave me alone?

I am just trying to snap you back into reality, because now that Josh and Valencia are living together, you are not gonna have any more alone time with him.

Do you need me to call Valencia from a burner phone and tell her there's been a murder at the yoga studio so you and Josh can have more alone time?

Can I pull up a stool next to you, or do you want to. be alone?

This is why women don't go to the bathroom alone.

News and current affairs

The Sudairis, it seems, have apparently left their half brother alone to twist in the wind. Abdullah's proposal could weaken his position domestically, particularly in relation to the country's powerful Islamists.

But America is not alone in allowing for official accounting shenanigans.

But it is a downright dangerous one when undertaken to benefit one man alone.

But these should be made conditional on Kuchma leaving the country's constitution and democracy alone.

America is certainly not alone in failing to promote the international goals adopted in the UN.

For ideological hawks, compromises are treason: how can you jeopardize the historical patrimony of the Jewish people, let alone God's promise to Abraham?

Although we can and will continue the fight against corruption, we cannot do everything alone.

The purchases in Africa alone amount to an area of agricultural land the size of Kenya.

And yet, on questions such as this - as with so many important political, social, economic, and cultural issues - what we come to believe is not based on the facts alone, if at all.

Queen Victoria, mostly of German blood, did not regard herself as a monarch of Britons alone, but of Indians, Malays, and many other peoples, too.

The private sector alone cannot and will not counter the risk of stall speed.

Little has been done to deconstruct structural complexity, let alone win sufficient public support for a medium-term vision, a credible implementation strategy, and a set of measures that is adequate to the task at hand.

No country can solve the existential threat of climate change alone.

Success depends not on what one or even a handful of countries can do alone, but on what all of us are able to achieve by moving forward together against this common threat.

In better shape, but not alone.

Stability alone can no longer be the EU's only objective in the region.

Women, of course, are not alone in their opposition to Berlusconi, but they made the difference in Milan.

They are not alone in the vanguard of a new Europe of women.

But laws and policies alone are not sufficient to protect women from horrific domestic abuse.

The importance of financial transparency in the extractive industries is not limited to one country or era - and it is too important to be left to voluntary efforts alone.

In 2006 alone, China added about 93,000 megawatts of coal- fired electricity generating capacity, and this trend is expected to continue as the country tries to meet its huge energy needs.

Arafat alone has the power to make everyone obey him, even if he often decides not to exercise this power.

And it is Europe and America that are marching, alone and together, to the denouement of a grand debacle.

The US alone imports 1.5 million barrels a day from West Africa, the same amount it imports from Saudi Arabia.

His careless Palestine policy has left Israel with few friends in the international community, let alone in the Arab Middle East.

Why, then, should the rest of the world leave the resolution of these disputes to America alone?

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