English to English
alone
(/@/'l/oU/n
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adjective (a)
- Quite by one's self; apart from, or exclusive of, others; single; solitary; -- applied to a person or thing.(adjective)source: webster1913
adverb (r)
- without any others being included or involved(adv.all)Example:
The burden of proof rests on the prosecution alone.
source: wordnet30 - without anybody else or anything else(adv.all)Example:
The child stayed home alone.
The pillar stood alone, supporting nothing.
source: wordnet30 - Solely; simply; exclusively.(adverb)source: webster1913
adjective satellite (s)
- isolated from others(adj.all)Example:
Could be alone in a crowded room.
Was alone with her thoughts.
I want to be alone.
source: wordnet30 - exclusive of anyone or anything else(adj.all)Example:
She alone believed him.
Cannot live by bread alone.
source: wordnet30 - radically distinctive and without equal(adj.all)Example:
He is alone in the field of microbiology.
This theory is altogether alone in its penetration of the problem.
source: wordnet30