Alone Definition
ə-lōn
adjective
Being apart from others; solitary.
American Heritage
Apart from anything or anyone else.
The hut stood alone on the prairie.
Webster's New World
Being without anyone or anything else; only.
American Heritage
Without involving any other person.
To walk alone.
Webster's New World
Considered separately from all others of the same class.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
- together
- in company
- accompanied
adverb
Without others.
Sang alone while the choir listened.
American Heritage
Without help.
Carried the suitcases alone.
American Heritage
Exclusively; only.
The burden of proof rests on the prosecution alone.
American Heritage
By one's self; apart from, or exclusive of, others; solo.
She walked home alone.
Wiktionary
Without outside help.
The job was to hard for me to do alone.
Wiktionary
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Alone
- let alone
- let well enough alone
Origin of Alone
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From Middle English al one (“alone”, literally “all one”), contracted from the Old English phrase eall āna (“entirely alone, solitary, single”), equivalent to al- (“all”) + one. Cognate with Scots allane (“alone”). Compare also West Frisian allinne (“alone”), Dutch alleen (“alone”), German allein (“alone”), Danish alene (“alone”). More at all, one.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English al all all one one one
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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