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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024lone /loʊn/USA pronunciation adj. [before a noun]- being alone;
standing by itself or apart;
isolated;
sole:a lone traveler.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024lone (lōn),USA pronunciation adj. - being alone;
without company or accompaniment;
solitary;
unaccompanied:a lone traveler. - standing by itself or apart;
isolated:a lone housein the valley. - sole;
single;
only:That company constitutes our lone competitor in the field. - unfrequented.
- without companionship;
lonesome;
lonely. - unmarried or widowed.
- 1325–75; Middle English; aphetic var of alone, used attributively
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See alone.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged separate, separated, secluded.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: lone /ləʊn/ adj (prenominal)- unaccompanied; solitary
- single or isolated: a lone house
- a literary word for lonely
- unmarried or widowed
Etymology: 14th Century: from the mistaken division of alone into a loneˈloneness n |