alone adj

1 isolated from others; "could be alone in a crowded room"; "was alone with her thoughts"; "I want to be alone" [syn: alone(p)]

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" [syn: alone(p), lone(a), lonely(a), solitary]

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" [syn: alone(p), 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" [syn: alone(p), unique, unequaled, unequalled, unparalleled] adv

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" [syn: entirely, exclusively, solely, only]

2 without anybody else; "the child stayed home alone"; "he flew solo" [syn: solo, unaccompanied]

English

Etymology

From all + one, Old English al one, all allone, Anglo-Saxon an one, alone. See all, one, lone.

Pronunciation

• (UK) /əˈləʊn/, /@"l@Un/
• (US) /əˈloʊn/, /@"loUn/

• Rhymes: -əʊn

• Hyphenation: a·lone

Adjective

1. By one's self; apart from, or exclusive of, others; single; solo; solitary;—applied to a person or thing.
   • I can't ask for help because I am alone. That is, “I am alone” means nobody else is near.
2. Of or by itself; by themselves; without any thing more or any one else; without a sharer; only.
   • Man shall not live by bread alone. —Luke iv. 4. Here, “bread alone” means bread and nothing else.
3. Unique; without peer or equal:
   • Euclid alone has looked on Beauty bare. -- Edna St. Vincent Millay

Note: The adjective alone commonly follows its noun.

Usage notes

Synonyms

• lone
• lonely
• single
• solitary
• solo

Translations

• Basque: bakarrik
• Croatian: sam
• Czech: sám , sama
• Danish: alene (1), udelukkende (2), kun (3)
• Dutch: alleen
• French: seul
• West Frisian: allinnich
• German: allein
• Hebrew: לבד
• Ido: sola
• Japanese: 一人 (hitori); 一人で (hitori de)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: به‌ته‌نیا, به‌تاقی ته‌نیا, به‌ ته‌نها

• Maltese: waħdu sulu
• Norwegian: alene
• Portuguese: sozinho, só
• Russian: одинокий
• Slovene: sam
• Spanish: solitario, solo
• Swedish: ensam
• Vietnamese: một mình

Adverb

1. By one's self; apart from, or exclusive of, others; solo

   She walked home alone.

Italian

Etymology

Latin halo

Noun

1. halo
2. glow

Alone usually refers to the condition of solitude.

It can also refer to:

• Solitaire
• "Alone," a poem by Edgar Allan Poe
• "Alone," a poem by Sarah Teasdale
• Alone (book), a 1921 book by Norman Douglas
• Alone, a 1938 book by Richard Evelyn Byrd
• Odna ('Alone'), a Soviet film released in 1931
• Films entitled Alone:
  • Alone (1997 film), a 1997 movie
  • Alone (2002 film), a 2002 horror movie directed by Phil Claydon
  • Alone (2007 film), a 2007 Thai horror film
• Albums entitled Alone:
  • Alone (1957 album), a 1957 album by Judy Garland
  • Alone (1999 album), a 1999 album by Modern Talking
  • Alone (Solitude Aeturnus album), a 2006 album by Solitude Aeturnus.
  • Alone - The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo, a 2007 album by Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo.

• Songs entitled "Alone":
  • "Alone (1935 song)", a song composed in 1935 by Arthur Freed and Nacio Herb Brown
  • "Alone (Why Must I Be Alone)," a song composed by Morty and Selma Craft in 1957
  • "Alone (Heart song)", a single released by the band Heart in 1987 from the album Bad Animals
  • "Alone (B'z song)", a 1991 single by B'z.
  • "Alone", a Beautiful South track on the 1996 album Blue is the Colour
  • "Alone (Bee Gees song)", a 1997 Bee Gees song
  • "Alone", a song by Lasgo released in 2001.
  • "Alone, a song by Dinosaur Jr.
  • "Alone", a song by US Christian Rock band Sanctus Real.
  • "Alone", a B-Side from Avril Lavigne's single "Girlfriend"
  • "Alone (Pearl Jam song)", a song by Pearl Jam
  • "Alone" a song by the band Zebrahead
  • "Alone" a song by the Wisconsin band Downface
  • "Alone" a song by the Dutch band The Gathering
  • "Alone" a song by the Finnish metal band Amorphis

• People named "Alone":
  • Alone (writer), a Chilean literary critic

• Other:
  • "Alone (House episode)", the season four premiere of House (TV series).

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