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UK
/ɐlˈəʊn/
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[ US /əˈɫoʊn/ ]
[ US /əˈɫoʊn/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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isolated from others
I want to be alone
could be alone in a crowded room
was alone with her thoughts -
exclusive of anyone or anything else
I'll have this car and this car only
she alone believed him
cannot live by bread alone -
radically distinctive and without equal
a breakdown of law unparalleled in our history
unparalleled athletic ability
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 -
lacking companions or companionship
a lonely soul
the lone skier on the mountain
a solitary traveler
a lonely fisherman stood on a tuft of gravel
he was alone when we met him
she is alone much of the time
ADVERB
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without any others being included or involved
the burden of proof rests on the prosecution alone
he works for Mr. Smith exclusively
a privilege granted only to him
a school devoted entirely to the needs of problem children
was entirely to blame
did it solely for money -
without anybody else or anything else
the pillar stood alone, supporting nothing
he flew solo
the child stayed home alone
How To Use alone In A Sentence
- I'm just a little bit caught in the middle. Life is a maze and love is a riddle, I don't know where to go, can't do it alone.
- It's not because I'm worried about what they might think, or anything ridiculous like that, it's because in a lot of cases this material was intended for me alone - either through an oral tradition or as a gnostic revelation from the spirits.
- Several events of fulminating epidemic disease broke out since 1999, which often caused 100% mortality of abalone Haliotis drversicotor aquatilis farmed in Fujian and Guangdong coasts.
- He could not shoulder the burden alone.
- He was more miserly with titles than any sovereign since Elizabeth I - ensuring, for example, that dukedoms were reserved for the royal family alone.
- As soon as Christ was alone with his disciples he gave them a description of those desolations which is recorded in the following chapter, and is so plain, and made such an impression on the Sermons on Various Important Subjects
- In the toad and in the dog, adrenalectomy diminishes but does not suppress the diabetogenic effect of the anterior lobe extract, which can be obtained in adrenalectomized dogs, in which the pancreas has been surgically reduced, and which are kept alive by treatment with desoxycorticosterone and salt or even with sodium chloride alone. Bernardo Houssay - Nobel Lecture
- The cancer subgroup, even those with very early tumours, had significantly lower cholesterol values than the group with polyps alone.
- A cenobite is usually a monk in a monastery, as opposed to an anchorite, who is a monk living alone (also called an ‘eremite’ or ‘hermit’).
- “Some 1,700 apsaras sicare carved on the walls of Angkor Wat alone; thousands more – individual in dress, hairstyle, and ornamentation – appear in almost every Angkor temple, Hindu and Buddhist alike.” Angkor Wat Interactive on National Geographic | Angkor Wat Apsara & Devata: Khmer Women in Divine Context
