sole
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3.7
- adjective
- /soʊl/
:
único
- His sole intention was to help those in need.
- the sole purpose
- the sole responsibility
- the sole exception
I mean, he's our sole investor, one man.
- I mean, he's our sole investor, one man.
- So he says beauty is the sole legitimate province of the poem.
- So sole proprietors download the home or sole proprietor loan application.
- We will recognize you as the sole emperor.
- so that's that's the sole goal. They want to enslave
- And that is the sole, you know, force behind this thing.
- And for many years, our sole customers have been brick and mortar shops.
- Of the five, I get shared screen credit on three and sole screen credit on two.
- And he gave them the sole authority to make this show.
- The field is the sole governing agency of the particle.
- The poverty which constitutes its sole possession is itself a vanishing.
- So PPP, good, you have a business, independent contractor, sole proprietor, side hustle good.
- Talk directly to the boss, the owner, the creator, sole proprietor.
- And their sole purpose, their sole goal is to make amazing products.
Examples
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Do you really think selling tickets is my sole motivation?
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Group activities are important, but they should not be the sole mode of learning.
Academic text (1999) -
I think it's nice to have your sole focus be on training.
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And he gave them the sole authority to make this show.
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Of the five, I get shared screen credit on three and sole screen credit on two.
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We will recognize you as the sole emperor.
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A policy in which, of course, the wife was named the sole beneficiary.
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I'm adding you as the sole beneficiary to my will.
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In Taiwan, Taipower is the sole power company and is a monopoly run by the state.
Academic text (1990) -
Fishing in Japanese waters has traditionally been the sole domain of commercial fishermen.
Academic text (1990)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
The single person or thing of its kind
∞
1.0
For one person or thing, not shared with others
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5.4
Only for one person, group, or purpose and not shared
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2.7
By itself with no other people or things nearby
Antonyms
Compounds
- US
1
5.4
A pale brown flat fish found along the Pacific coast of North America and eaten as food
- US
A flat fish from the Pacific coast of North America often eaten for its mild, tender flesh
How Exclusive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sole meaning the only one comes from the Latin solus 'alone' and is the same root as solo, so a sole person is the single, only person.