Found 5 hits - Term: alone, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
alone \alone"\, a. all + one. oe. al one all allone, as. =an
one, alone. see all, one, lone.
1. quite by one's self; apart from, or exclusive of, others;
single; solitary; -- applied to a person or thing.
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alone on a wide, wide sea. --coleridge.
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it is not good that the man should be alone. --gen.
ii. 18.
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2. of or by itself; by themselves; without any thing more or
any one else; without a sharer; only.
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man shall not live by bread alone. --luke iv. 4.
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the citizens alone should be at the expense.
--franklin.
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3. sole; only; exclusive. r.
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god, by whose alone power and conversation we all
live, and move, and have our being. --bentley.
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4. hence; unique; rare; matchless. --shak.
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note: the adjective alone commonly follows its noun.
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to let alone or to leave alone, to abstain from
interfering with or molesting; to suffer to remain in its
present state.
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see also:
all one lone to let alone to leave alone
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
alone \alone"\, adv.
solely; simply; exclusively.
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- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
alone
adj 1: isolated from others; "could be alone in a crowded room";
"was alone with her thoughts"; "i want to be alone"
syn: alonep
2: 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" syn: alonep,
lonea, lonelya, solitary
3: exclusive of anyone or anything else; "she alone believed
him"; "cannot live by bread alone"; "i'll have this car
and this car only" syn: alonep, only
4: 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" syn: alonep, unique,
unequaled, unequalled, unparalleled
adv 1: 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" syn: entirely, exclusively,
solely, only
2: without anybody else; "the child stayed home alone"; "he
flew solo" syn: solo, unaccompanied
see also:
alonep lonea lonelya solitary only unique
unequaled unequalled unparalleled entirely exclusively
solely solo unaccompanied
- [4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
95 moby thesaurus words for "alone":
abandoned, absolute, alienated, all alone, aloof, apart, azygous,
barely, but, by itself, celibate, companionless, deserted,
desolate, detached, entirely, excellent, exclusively,
first and last, friendless, good, homeless, impair, in solitude,
in the singular, incomparable, independently, individually,
inimitable, insular, isolate, isolated, just, kithless, lone,
lonely, lonesome, matchless, merely, odd, once, one and only,
one by one, only, only-begotten, out-of-the-way, particularly,
peerless, per se, plainly, private, purely, remote, removed,
retired, rootless, secluded, second to none, separate, separated,
separately, severally, simply, simply and solely, single-handed,
single-handedly, singly, singular, singularly, sole, solely,
solitary, solo, superior, unabetted, unaccompanied, unaided,
unassisted, unattended, unequaled, unescorted, unexampled,
unexcelled, unique, unmatched, unpaired, unparalleled,
unrepeatable, unrepeated, unrivaled, unseconded, unsupported,
unsurpassed, withdrawn, without equal
- [5] : THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993)
alone, adj. in bad company.
in contact, lo the flint and steel,
by spark and flame, the thought reveal
that he the metal, she the stone,
had cherished secretly alone.
booley fito
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