alone
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1.0
- adjective
- /əˈloʊn/
:
solo
- After everyone left the party, I was alone with my thoughts, listening to the silence.
- live alone
- left alone
- feel alone
I'm telling you guys, I value my alone time so much.
- I'm telling you guys, I value my alone time so much.
- Yes, I have been alone for the weekend.
- And you withstanding that onslaught alone can be very difficult.
- Some people leave them alone like free range chicken.
- The days that I am alone with the baby.
- But that fear of being alone is a huge, huge issue.
- But it also means that I am alone a lot.
- So you were alone for two months surviving.
Examples
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I sometimes feel like I spend so much time working alone in my home office.
Academic text (2011) -
I'm all alone down there.
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Yes, I have been alone for the weekend.
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Here we are all alone in this room.
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I was the girl alone in the corner.
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The days that I am alone with the baby.
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But that fear of being alone is a huge, huge issue.
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I had never been out on a city street alone without my glasses.
Academic text (2011) -
Yet here I am, feeling lost, alone, and frankly stupid.
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I don't want to be alone here by myself.
Synonyms
191
4.6
Being alone and not with other people or things
176
2.7
By itself with no other people or things nearby
60
2.9
Without any other people present
57
4.1
Without help from other people
22
3.6
Left without anyone watching or caring for them
14
4.6
Without another person to go with you
7
3.5
Alone and not near other people or things
3
4.9
Done without help from other people
3
3.8
One person does something without help from other people
2
3.9
Without help from anyone else
1
7.1
Alone without help or someone watching, a person must take care of themselves
1
9.9
Alone with no one to help you
Alone without other people
By oneself without other people
Alone with no one to be with you
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
How Alone
Surface Forms
Etymology
Alone comes from old English parts all and one, which together meant 'all one'. So to be alone is to be 'by yourself'.