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lone

[lohn]

adjective

  1. being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied.

    a lone traveler.

  2. standing by itself or apart; isolated.

    a lone house in the valley.

    Synonyms: ,
  3. sole; single; only.

    That company constitutes our lone competitor in the field.

  4. unfrequented.

  5. without companionship; lonesome; lonely.

  6. unmarried or widowed.



lone

/ əʊ /

adjective

  1. unaccompanied; solitary

  2. single or isolated

    a lone house

  3. a literary word for lonely

  4. unmarried or widowed

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • loneness noun
  • ˈDzԱԱ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of lone1

1325–75; Middle English; aphetic var of alone, used attributively
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of lone1

C14: from the mistaken division of alone into a lone
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Synonym Study

See alone.
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He said the officers had to respond to a "committed, lone individual who was exceptionally aggressive".

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A lone flyer that read “ICE out of LA” was placed on a third-floor balcony.

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I am a lone voice and certainly not a fashion expert; my style is guided by whether I need to leave the house and, if so, what’s clean.

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We’re not going to be saved by lone heroes or distant institutions.

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One of the joys about writing for TV is how much it’s not a lone experience.

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