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Meaning of alone

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

alone

Pronunciation:/əˈləʊn//əˈloʊn/

adjective

Definitions

  1. By oneself, solitary.

    Example: I can't ask for help because I am alone.

  2. Apart from, or exclusive of, others.

    Example: Jones alone could do it.

  3. Considered separately.

  4. Without equal.

adverb

Definitions

  1. By oneself; apart from, or exclusive of, others; solo.

    Example: She walked home alone.

    Synonyms:by one's lonesomelonelilyon one's lonesomesinglelysolitarilysolo
  2. Without outside help.

    Example: The job was too hard for me to do alone.

    Synonyms:by one's lonesomeby oneselfon one's lonesomesinglehandedsinglehandedly
  3. Exclusively.

    Example: The responsibility is theirs alone.

    Synonyms:entirelysolely