Meaning of alone(p) in English

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  1. Classifying Adjective

    alone(p)

    Definitions

    1. isolated from others

    Examples

    • « could be alone in a crowded room »
    • « was alone with her thoughts »
    • « I want to be alone »

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  2. 2. lacking companions or companionship

    Examples

    • « 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 »

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  3. 3. exclusive of anyone or anything else

    Examples

    • « she alone believed him »
    • « cannot live by bread alone »
    • « I'll have this car and this car only »

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  4. 4. radically distinctive and without equal

    Examples

    • « 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 »
    • « unparallele »

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