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alone

adjective · adverb

Words like alone

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only

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unaccompanied

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incomparable

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uncomparable

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unsocial

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MEANING & USAGE

Definitions & examples

01adjective

isolated from others

“could be alone in a crowded room”

“was alone with her thoughts”

02adjective

lacking companions or companionship

“he was alone when we met him”

“she is alone much of the time”

03adjective

exclusive of anyone or anything else

“she alone believed him”

“cannot live by bread alone”

04adjective

radically distinctive and without equal

“he is alone in the field of microbiology”

“this theory is altogether alone in its penetration of the problem”

2 more meanings

05adverb

without any others being included or involved

“was entirely to blame”

“a school devoted entirely to the needs of problem children”

06adverb

without anybody else or anything else

“the child stayed home alone”

“the pillar stood alone, supporting nothing”

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