aloneadjective [ after verb ], adverb
uk/əˈləʊn/us/əˈloʊn/A2 without other people:
He likes being alone in the house.
She decided to climb the mountain alone.
Do you like living alone?
At last, we're alone together (= there are just the two of us here).
The Swedes are not alone in finding their language under pressure from the spread of English.
I don't like the man and I'm not alone in that (= other people agree).
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- It's inexcusable that such young children were left in the house alone.
- Go away and leave me alone!
- I got the impression that they'd rather be alone.
- It appears that she left the party alone.
- You're mad to walk home alone at this time of night.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Alone
- abandon
- apart
- be in a minority of one idiom
- castaway
- deserted
- herself
- himself
- like a shag on a rock idiom
- lone wolf
- lonely
- loner
- lonesome
- shag
- shut
- shut yourself away
- sole
- solely
- solitary
- solitude
- solo
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aloneadjective [ after noun ]
uk/əˈləʊn/us/əˈloʊn/C2 without any others:
She alone needs to decide what to do (= no one else can do it for her).
These facts alone (= even if nothing else is considered) show that he's not to be trusted.
He won't get the job through charm alone (= he will need something else).
The airfare alone would use up all my money, never mind the hotel bills.
Price alone is not a reliable indicator of quality.
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- Words alone cannot convey the untold misery endured by people in these refugee camps.
- He truly believes he can cure himself by willpower alone.
- Is it more democratic to hold a referendum, rather than let the government alone decide?
- These problems might not be solved by money alone, but they will assuredly not be solved without it.
- This year alone eight police officers have been killed in the line of duty.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Numbers: single, double & multiple
- binary
- deca-
- double (up) as sth
- double-action
- double-digit
- dual
- dualism
- duality
- herself
- individual
- mono
- multi-
- multilateral
- multiple
- none
- odd
- solely
- treble
- unilateral
- unit
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