standalone
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4.4
- adjective
- /ˈstændəˌloʊn/
:
independiente
- Dietrich said Ansys/Ed was developed to be a standalone package that would require little or no support from Swanson.
- standalone package
- standalone unit
Especially if we're thinking of a standalone feature film.
- Especially if we're thinking of a standalone feature film.
- If we saw that scene as a standalone scene, it it would be meaningless.
- And I think that tamped down my excitement for a standalone Batgirl film.
- So when should a writer decide if they're writing a crime series or a standalone story?
- I want to switch gears now that you are at a point where August is a standalone company.
- But that's it's kind of weird to market that as a complete standalone feature because you can already do it.
- It's now a standalone business inside the Alphabet family called Waymo.
- Innovation is that you can make standalone apps for the iWatch whose screen doesn't even turn on unless you do a gesture.
Examples
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It's now a standalone business inside the Alphabet family called Waymo.
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The site should be used in conjunction with other sites, not as a standalone resource.
Academic text (2012) -
Especially if we're thinking of a standalone feature film.
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It's kind of a standalone thing.
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We teach logic as a separate standalone course with its own subject matter, right?
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However, it is insufficient as a standalone procedure.
Academic text (2013) -
I want to switch gears now that you are at a point where August is a standalone company.
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In this approach, the school librarian designs and delivers a fully online, standalone short course.
Academic text (2012) -
The module comes as a standalone unit with a counter, display, and an internal clock with synchronization output.
Academic text (2002) -
Her new book is a standalone mystery novel that can be read without any prior knowledge of the series.
Synonyms
984
2.3
Not controlled by others
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4.3
Complete and independent without needing anything else to work
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4.9
Able to work by itself without other equipment
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5.3
Able to continue to work or live without help from others
Not needing a central server to work
Antonyms
How Independent
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4.3
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3.9
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4.4
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6.3
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Standalone comes from the simple parts stand + alone, which together mean 'to stand by itself'. So, if something is described as standalone, it can work or exist without help from other things.