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lone

[ lohn ]

adjective

  1. being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:

    a lone traveler.

  2. standing by itself or apart; isolated:

    a lone house in the valley.

    Synonyms: ,

  3. sole; single; only:

    That company constitutes our lone competitor in the field.

  4. without companionship; lonesome; lonely.
  5. unmarried or widowed.


lone

/ ±ôəʊ²Ô /

adjective

  1. unaccompanied; solitary
  2. single or isolated

    a lone house

  3. a literary word for lonely
  4. unmarried or widowed
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ±ô´Ç²Ô±ð²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ±ô´Ç²Ô±ðn±ð²õ²õ noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of lone1

1325–75; Middle English; aphetic var of alone, used attributively
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of lone1

C14: from the mistaken division of alone into a lone
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Synonym Study

See alone.
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A wild scramble after a forced Golden State turnover could’ve cut it to a lone possession, but the Lakers turned over the ball.

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A lone police officer told us the road ahead was closed because of a broken bridge, and showed us a diversion.

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WIlliams was, in the eyes of the adjudicating panel, a lone rogue agent.

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Artist Momina Raman Royal earned the label of the "lone hero" as his silent protests have focused attention on the city's noise problem.

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Cam Reddish, Christian Koloko, Jordan Goodwin — each one passed by the space only to briefly stop and get a quick word of encouragement from the lone Lakers starter who played Friday night.

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