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Alone usually refers to the condition of solitude

Alone may also refer to:

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  • "Alone", a poem by Edgar Allan Poe
  • "Alone", a poem by Sarah Teasdale

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From LoveToKnow 1911

ALONE. This adjective or adverb requires no definition for its meaning of "by oneself" or "solitary"; but its etymological history, as simply a combination of the words "all" and "one" is rather curious (compare the Ger. allein). " Lone" is merely a clipped form of the word, and so "lonely." The New English Dictionary traces the English word back to the year 1300.


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English

Most common English words: held « help « number « #343: alone » body » point » letter

Etymology

Contracted from Old English all (all) and ana, from an (one).

Pronunciation

Adjective

alone (comparative more alone, superlative most alone)

Positive
alone

Comparative
more alone

Superlative
most alone

  1. By one's self; apart from, or exclusive of, others; single; solo; solitary;—applied to a person or thing.
    • I can't ask for help because I am alone. That is, “I am alone” means nobody else is near.

Adverb

alone (not comparable)

Positive
alone

Comparative
not comparable

Superlative
none (absolute)

  1. By one's self; apart from, or exclusive of, others; solo
    She walked home alone.
  2. Without outside help; singlehandedly
    • The job was to hard for me to do alone.
  3. (Should we delete(+) this sense?) Of or by itself; by themselves; without any thing more or any one else; without a sharer; only.
    • Man shall not live by bread alone. —Luke iv. 4. Here, “bread alone” means bread and nothing else.
  4. (Should we delete(+) this sense?) Unique; without peer or equal:
    • Euclid alone has looked on Beauty bare. -- Edna St. Vincent Millay

Synonyms

Usage notes

  • Unlike most focusing adverbs, alone typically appears after a noun phrase.
  • Only the teacher knew vs. The teacher alone knew

Derived terms

  • all alone

Translations

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Anagrams


Italian

Etymology

Latin halo

Noun

alone m. (plural aloni)

  1. halo
  2. glow

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