Alone

Definition: Alone

Alone

Adjective

1. Isolated from others; "could be alone in a crowded room"; "was alone with her thoughts"; "I want to be alone".

2. Lacking companions or companionship; "he was alone when we met him"; "she is alone much of the time"; "the lone skier on the mountain"; "a lonely fisherman stood on a tuft of gravel"; "a lonely soul"; "a solitary traveler".

3. Exclusive of anyone or anything else; "she alone believed him"; "cannot live by bread alone"; "I'll have this car and this car only".

4. Radically distinctive and without equal; "he is alone in the field of microbiology"; "this theory is altogether alone in its penetration of the problem"; "Bach was unique in his handling of counterpoint"; "craftsmen whose skill is unequaled"; "unparalleled athletic ability"; "a breakdown of law unparalleled in our history".

Adverb

1. Without any others being included or involved; "was entirely to blame"; "a school devoted entirely to the needs of problem children"; "he works for Mr. Smith exclusively"; "did it solely for money"; "the burden of proof rests on the prosecution alone"; "a privilege granted only to him".

2. Without anybody else; "the child stayed home alone"; "he flew solo".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "alone" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Etymology: Alone \A*lone"\, adjective. [All + one. Old English al one all allone, Anglo-Saxon [=a]n one, alone. See All, One, Lone.]. (references)

Satire

Tips from 1870

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Alone

Hindrance

Unassisted; (see assist; ); single-handed, alone; deserted.

Unity

Adjective: one, sole, single, solitary, unitary; individual, apart, alone; kithless.

Crosswords: Alone

Italian (halo, shroud).

This is why Superman works alone. (Batman & Robin; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman)

why you hardly sleep, why you live alone, and why night after night, you sit by your computer (The Matrix; writing credit: Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski.)

Her eyes alone told the story of her age, staring out from under her doll-like curls, with a questioning that will one day need an answer (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; writing credit: Anne Rice)

You leave us alone, Stephens (The Sweet Hereafter; writing credit: Atom Egoyan)

I spent the last of my life savings turning my van into a dog. It cost me 200 bucks for the alarm system alone! (Dumb and Dumber; writing credit: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly, and Bennett Yellin.)

Alone again, naturally (Alone Again (Naturally); performing artist: Gilbert O'Sullivan)

Ya never left me alone, cause ya cared for me (Dear Mama; performing artist: 2Pac)

I'm alive but I'm alone (When I'm Gone; performing artist: 3 DOORS DOWN)

Wantin' you alone with me (I Do (Wanna Get Close To You); performing artist: 3LW)

Said I dont wanna, be alone (I Don't Wanna; performing artist: Aaliyah)

Alone together (references; author: unknown)

New Hampshire: Go Away And Leave Us Alone (references; author: unknown)

It is far better to be alone than to wish you were. (references; author: unknown)

You can't be lonely if you like the person you're alone with. (references; author: unknown)

You'll Never Walk Alone (1974)

Seven Alone (1974)

Leave Me Alone (1967)

Two Girls Alone (1965)

Alone (1963)

Alone Again (Naturally) (performing artist: Gilbert O'Sullivan)

Alone (performing artist: Heart)

Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress) (performing artist: Helen Reddy)

You Are Not Alone (performing artist: Michael Jackson)

WE'RE ALL ALONE (performing artist: RITA COOLIDGE)

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Books

• A Wizard Alone (reference)

• Sailing Alone Around the World (Konemann Classics) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Home Alone Collection (reference)

• Home Alone/Home Alone 2 (reference)

• Melissa Etheridge - Live... and Alone (Two-Disc Deluxe Edition) (reference)

• Home Alone (reference)

• Home Alone 2 - Lost in New York (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Alone (reference)

• One Nite Alone Live (reference)

• Standing Alone (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Alone in the Dark 4: The New Nightmare (reference)

• Avermedia Averepack Stand Alone Presenter with Remote (reference)

• Stand Alone 1-1 24X CD Duplicator (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

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An adult black man is pictured here alone. He was diagnosed as having osteogenic sarcoma in his upper left arm. Surgeons performed a new procedure implanting a metal rod in place of the cancerous bone. Since muscle and tendon were saved, he is able to use his left arm. Surgeons could attempt this daring new technique since the cancer had not spread. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

A 9 year-old white child is shown here alone in a swimming pool. She is a long -term survivor of massive abdominal surgery at age three for neuroblastoma. She is presently disease-free. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

Exterior view. Photograph by Robert W. Kerrigan, March 1937. (Reproduction Number: HABS NEV,15-GOLD,1-1) This weathered firehouse once served the now-abandoned town of Gold Hill, the frontier mining community associated with the discovery of the Comstock Lode of silver ore in 1859. Gold Hill and neighboring Virginia City profited greatly from the rich lode through the 1860s and 1870s until the mines gave out around 1880. The Liberty Fire House is typical of the early wooden fire houses that protected many Western mining towns. It featured a false parapet front, a simple belfry, and rustic siding. It collapsed not long after this 1937 photo was taken. The belfry alone was retained as a monument. Credit: Library of Congress.

Letting Bad Enough Alone. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

One infectious eye disease alone - trachoma - has left some two million sufferers blind ... / WHO p. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by N. Willard..

Not Ellen but Margaret, with fear in her face and tired eyes, alone. Credit: Library of Congress.

Little but ambitious party: if they had only let him alone, I would have done for him. Credit: Library of Congress.

When a lady lives all alone --. Credit: Library of Congress.

"All alone! All alone! Nobody here but me!". Credit: Library of Congress.

Scorning man's aid suffrage leader motors alone from California. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Inquests of novel disseisin, of mort d'ancestor, and of darrein presentment shall not be held elsewhere than in their own county courts, and that in manner following; We, or, if we should be out of the realm, our chief justiciar, will send two justiciaries through every county four times a year, who shall alone with four knights of the county chosen by the county, hold the said assizes in the county court, on the day and in the place of meeting of that court. (reference)

He alone, it is true, is judge of the right. (Second Treatise of Government)

He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries. (reference)

Clause 2: He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments. (reference)

A literary battle alone remained possible. (reference)

The Governing Commission will alone have the power of levying taxes and dues in the territory of Saar Basin. (reference)

Athens alone - Greece with its immortal glories - is free to decide its future at an election under British, American and French observation. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with others. (reference)

We cannot walk alone. (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1953)

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She wanted to be alone.

Returning up the platform, I came upon Sylvie alone.

Thou wilt have twice as much love, henceforward, as thy mother alone could give thee

She alone could testify against him, and convict him by her confession

Happy the man, and happy he alone, He who can call to-day his own; He who, secure within, can say, To-morrow, do thy worst, for I have liv'd to-day

Sometimes a fever gathered within him and led him to rove alone in the evening along the quiet avenue

I tell thee, fellow, He that doth naught with her, excepting one, Were best to do it secretly alone.

They left the men alone to figure and to wonder in the dust

He is taller by almost the breadth of my nail than any of his court, which alone is enough to strike an awe into the beholders

To be alone was something unpleasant

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Health

You can do it alone. (references)

I never cook when alone. (references)

Estrogen alone comes in many forms. (references)

Business

Exporters cannot compete on price alone. (references)

Between 1993 and 1997 alone, the company invested $1 billion. (references)

Leasing business is not restricted to leasing companies alone. (references)

Children

Dominica

There were 139 cases reported to the Welfare Division alone as of October. (references)

Mexico

In Mexico City alone, 124 NGO's address problems affecting persons with physical disabilities. (references)

Cambodia

Poverty and domestic violence often drive children to live on the streets; domestic NGO's estimate there are more than 10,000 street children in Phnom Penh alone, who are easy targets for sexual abuse and exploitation. (references)

Civil Liberties

Haiti

Two hundred fifty three private radio stations exist, including approximately 40 in the capital alone. (references)

India

In 1997 the Mumbai High Court recognized abuse alone as sufficient grounds for a Christian woman to obtain a divorce. (references)

Chile

In order for minor children to leave the country, either alone or with only one of their parents, they must have notarized permission from the nonaccompanying parent(s). (references)

Economic History

Palau

The government alone employs nearly 30% of workers. (references)

Saudi Arabia

More than $15 billion went toward reimbursing the United States alone. (references)

Haiti

Potential demand is estimated to be well over 200MW for the capital alone. (references)

Human Rights

Lesotho

In civil cases, judges normally hear cases alone. (references)

Philippines

In October alone, there were reports of at least 17 killings. (references)

Australia

When trials are conducted in local courts, magistrates sit alone. (references)

Minorities

Poland

It replaced a plaque that stated Germans alone were responsible, which was removed several months earlier. (references)

Cote d'Ivoire

The ethnic composition of the whole population, including these noncitizens, is quite different from that of the citizenry alone, in that about three of every four noncitizens originated from either Burkina Faso, Mali, or Guinea. (references)

Political Economy

Saudi Arabia

The Basic Law stipulates that the King alone chooses his successor, the Crown Prince. (references)

Political Rights

Samoa

Matai control local government through the village fono, which are open to them alone. (references)

Cameroon

While alone inside a closed booth, citizens choose a ballot and seal it into an envelope. (references)

Trade

Azerbaijan

The existing credit supply is far too small to provide a suitable environment for the development of even small enterprises in Azerbaijan, let alone medium-sized ones. (references)

Travel

Kenya

Camping alone is always risky. (references)

Botswana

It is dangerous for visitors to travel alone at night on foot in unfamiliar places. (references)

South Africa

Flights to and from the US in July 2000 numbered 42 per week alone, including code-sharing indirect flights. (references)

Women

Afghanistan

Most women prayed at home alone or with other family members. (references)

Micronesia

Unmarried women sometimes are considered to have invited such violence by living or traveling alone. (references)

Marshall Islands

Violence against women outside the family occurs, and women in urban centers risk assault by going out alone after dark. (references)

Worker Rights

Zimbabwe

Murungweni reportedly had been operating the machine alone. (references)

China

Up to 10,000 commercial sex workers may be employed in Lhasa alone. (references)

India

In 1999 alone, it allocated $1.25 million (54.4 million Rs) for these plans. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Alone

I alone

Expressions using "alone": all alone ♦ alone for a while ♦ be alone ♦ be utterly alone ♦ go alone ♦ in name alone ♦ in that year alone ♦ leave alone ♦ leave it alone ♦ leave me alone ♦ leave one alone ♦ leave smb. alone ♦ leave well alone ♦ left alone ♦ let alone ♦ let alone smb. ♦ let me alone ♦ let well alone ♦ let well enough alone ♦ live alone ♦ living alone ♦ misfortunes never come alone ♦ not alone ♦ stand alone ♦ stand alone console ♦ stand alone synchronization equipment ♦ that alone can help us ♦ To go it alone ♦ To leave alone ♦ To let alone ♦ unable to let things alone ♦ walk alone. Additional references.

Beginning with "alone": alone-ness, alone-'solo'-all.

Ending with "alone": go-it-alone, she-who-is-alone.

Containing "alone": The let-alone doctrine, The let-alone policy, The let-alone principle.

Afrikaans

enigste (only, sole, solitary), alleen (exclusively, just, only, sole, solely, solitary), slegs (exclusively, just, only, solely), net (exactly, exclusively, just, just now, okay, only, right, solely), allenig (only, sole, solitary). (various references)

Albanian

vetëm (but, exclusively, just, lonely, merely, nothing but, only, simply, singly, so that, sole, solely, solitary, solus). (various references)

Arabic 

فريد (lonely), ‏فذ (incomparable, individual, matchless, nonesuch, peerless, single, singular, unequaled, unexampled, unique, unmatched, unparalleled, unrivaled, unusual), ‏منفرد (single, sole, solo), ‏متوحد (isolated, lone, lonely, recluse, reclusive, secluded, solitary), ‏وحيد (exclusive, lone, lonesome, one, one and only, only, private, single, solitary, unique). (various references)

Basque

bakarrik. (various references)

Bulgarian 

сам (lone, lonely, odd, oneself, single, single handed, singly, solitary, solo, solus, unaccompanied, yourself), без чужда помощ (single handed, singly). (various references)

Chinese 

煢 (desolate), 獨自 , 獨 (independent, only, single, sole), 惸 (desolate), 单独 (individual), 單純 (merely, pure, simple), 單獨 (by oneself, on one's own), 仃 , 唯 (-ism, only, yes), 孑 (mosquito larvae, small). (various references)

Czech

samotní (himself, only, themselves), sám (by himself, himself, itself, of one's own, oneself, own, self, sole, unaccompanied), pouze (just, merely, nothing but, only, purely, simply), osamocený (isolated), jediný (exclusive, one, only, single, sole). (various references)

Danish

alene (only, sole, solitary). (various references)

Dutch

verlaten (abandon, abandoned, desert, dreary, forsake, gaunt, leave, only, quit, sole, solitary, uninhabited), louter (clean, mere, only, pure, sole, solitary), enig (any, anybody, only, sole, solitary, some, somebody, someone, unique), alleen (exclusively, just, one at a time, only, single, singly, sole, solely, solitary). (various references)

Esperanto

sole (just, only, solely), sola (only, sole, solitary). (various references)

Faeroese

einsliga (just, only, solely), einsamallur (only, sole, solitary), bert (exclusively, just, only, solely). (various references)

Farsi 

فقط (But, Mere, Only), یکتا (Unique), محضا, تنها (Exclusive, Just, Lone, Lonely, Mere, Only, Recluse, Single, Sole, Solitary, Unaccompanied), صرفا (Downright, Only). (various references)

Finnish

yksin (by oneself, only, sole, solitary), vain (but, exclusively, just, merely, only, solely). (various references)

French

seul. (various references)

Frisian

allinne (only, sole, solitary). (various references)

German

allein (alon, but, by itself, by oneself, exclusively, however, just, lonely, lonesome, on its own, on smb.'s own, only, private, reclusive, single handed, sole, solely, solitary, unaccompanied, unaided, unassisted, unescorted). (various references)

Greek 

μόνοσ (lone, odd, only, single, single handed, sole), μόνος (lone, lonely, on one's own, single), μοναχός. (various references)

Hawaiian

vetëm (only, sole, solitary). (various references)

Hebrew 

לבד (apart, felt, separately, unaccompanied). (various references)

Hungarian

kizárólag (exclusively, solely), egyedül (by himself, by oneself, on one's own, on one's pat, only, single handed, single-handed, singly, sole, solely, solitary, solus, unaccompanied), csak (but, exclusively, just, merely, nothing short of, only, simply, solely), csakis (none but). (various references)

Icelandic

aleinn (only, sole, solitary), einn (one, only, sole, solitary), einmana (only, sole, solitary). (various references)

Indonesian

tersendiri (individual, special), sendirian (lone, lonely, singly), sendiri (own, self), esa-esaan (lonely). (various references)

Italian

solo (just, lone, lonely, lonesome, mere, only, single, sole, solidly, solitary, unaccompanied, unique, very), unico (isolated, lonely, nonpareil, one, one only, only, reclusive, single, sole, unescorted, unique). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

独り (unmarried). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

たんしん (away from home, birthday, brief message, brief note or letter, faithfulness, hour hand, sincerity, unaided), たんどくで (independently, individually, separately, singlehanded, unassisted), ひとりぼっち (lonely, solitude), ひとりで (automatically, by oneself, spontaneously, voluntarily), ひとり (incense burner, one person, unmarried, utensil for carrying live charcoal). (various references)

Korean 

홀로적으로. (various references)

Lombard

in de per luu (only, sole, solitary). (various references)

Malay

sendiri (only, sole, solitary). (various references)

Manx

ynrican (absolute, only, particular, single, sole), lomarcan (a solitary person, lonely, singleton, singly, solitary, unaccompanied). (various references)

Norwegian

alene (only, sole, solitary). (various references)

Occitan

sol. (various references)

Papiamen

solamente (exclusively, just, only, solely), so (only, sole, solitary), djis (exclusively, just, only, solely). (various references)

Pig Latin

aloneay.(various references)

Polish

sam (herself, himself, itself, only, self, sole, solitary). (various references)

Portuguese

sozinho (all alone, by myself, by oneself, cloistered, lone, lonely, single-handed, sole, solitary, unaided, unassisted, unattended), só (barely, but, cloistered, exclusively, just, lone, lonely, lonesome, lorn, mere, only, single, sole, solitary), isolado (cloistered, cloistral, insulator, isolated, lone, lonesome, particular, recluse, secluded, separate, sequestered, sole, solitary, special, sporadic, straggling, strayed), único (exceptional, single, sole, solitary, unexampled, unique, unmatched). (various references)

Romanian

singur (a, by, by oneself, herself, himself, isolated, itself, lone, lonely, lonesome, mateless, naked, only, single, sole, solely, solitary, solo, yourself, yourselves), numai (barely, but, exclusively, just, mere, merely, none but, only, simply, solely). (various references)

Russian 

сама (herself, itself, myself, self, thyself, yourself), сам (himself, itself, myself, self, the very, thyself, yourself), одинокий (desolate, friendless, lone, lonely, single, solitary), один только, один (all alone, one, sole, solus). (various references)

Scottish

mhàin (alone : am fear sin a mhàin, only). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

sam (by himself, mere, mono-, myself, oneself, self, very, yourself), osamljen (recluse, secluded). (various references)

Spanish

solo (a, all alone, lone, lonely, lonesome, mere, neat, one, only, single, singular, sole, solitary, solo), único (a, exclusive, non-recurring, one, one off, only, only thing, single, singular, sole, solitary, unique), solamente (but, just, only, solely), sólo (by oneself, exclusively, just, merely, on one's own, only, solely, unique). (various references)

Swahili

tu (exclusively, just, only, solely). (various references)

Swedish

ensam (desolate, lone, lonely, lonesome, lorn, on one's own, only, private, single handed, singly, sole, solely, solitary, unaided, unattended), endast (but, entirely, exclusively, just, merely, only, solely), allena. (various references)

Tagalog

lámang (exclusively, just, only, solely). (various references)

Thai

อย่าเอ่ยถึง (let alone), ปล่อยทิ้งไว้ (let alone). (various references)

Turkish

ancak (barely, but, exclusively, hardly, however, just, merely, nevertheless, on the other hand, only, only just, purely, scarcely, solely, yet), yalniz (only, sole, solitary), yalnız başına (by himself), yalnız (by yourself, exclusively, isolated, just, lone, lonely, lonesome, merely, on one's tod, only, private, single handed, singly, sole, solitarily, solitary, unaccompanied, unattended), tek başına (by itself, by oneself, on one's own, on one's tod, separately, sequestered, single handed, singly, unaccompanied, unaided), kimsesiz (all alone, desolate, forlorn, lone, orphan, outcast, solitary), bir başına. (various references)

Turkmen 

tдk (odd (in number)), яeke-здk, яeke (lone, only). (various references)

Ukrainian

самітний (cloistered, close, desolate, friendless, lone, private, privy, single, singular, solitary, widowed), самотній (lonely, sole), сам (by himself, himself, itself, myself, oneself, self, yourself), єдино (only), тільки (barely, but, entirely, exclusively, just, merely, nothing but, only, purely), виключно (entirely, exclusively), одинокий (lonesome), один (by himself, by oneself, certain, myself, one, only begotten), лише (barely, merely, only). (