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- Dictionarya·lone/əˈlōn/
adjective
- 1. having no one else present: "she was alone that evening" Similar Opposite
adverb
- 1. on one's own: "he lives alone" Similar Opposite
- 2. indicating that something is confined to the specified subject or recipient: "we agreed to set up such a test for him alone" Similar
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1. : separated from others : isolated. was alone in the office. 2. : exclusive of anyone or anything else : only. She alone knows what happened. 3. a. : considered without reference to any other. The children alone would eat that much. b. : incomparable, unique. They are alone among their contemporaries in this respect. aloneness. ə-ˈlōn-nəs. noun.
Alone is an adjective and an adverb meaning that no other person is with you. When we use alone as an adjective, it never comes before the noun (predicative adjective): …
adjective [ after noun ] us / əˈloʊn / uk / əˈləʊn / C2. without any others: She alone needs to decide what to do (= no one else can do it for her).
If you say that you are alone or feel alone, you mean that nobody who is with you, or nobody at all, cares about you.
A person who is alone is all-in-one; there's no one else around. Depending how you look at it, the word alone can have positive or negative connotations. A person with a bad attitude that no one wants to be around might find himself alone much of the time.
Definition of alone adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. apart from another or others; solitary. 2. without anyone or anything else: one man alone could lift it. 3. without equal; unique: he stands alone in the field of microbiology. 4. to the exclusion of others; only: she alone believed him.
ALONE meaning: 1 : without anyone or anything else not involving or including anyone or anything else separate from other people or things; 2 : without people that you know or that usually are with you
What does the word alone mean? There are 16 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word alone, three of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. See meaning & use. How common is the word alone? About 100 occurrences per million words in modern written English. See frequency.
Alone, and on your own / by yourself (which are less formal and are the normal phrases used in spoken English) describe a person or thing that is separate from others. They do not mean that the person is unhappy: I like being alone in the house.
