lone
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lone
- /ləʊn/ UK
- /loʊn/ US
Sounds like loan · Rhymes with -əʊn
Where it comes from
Shortened from alone.
adjective
- Solitary; having no companion. a lone traveler or watcher
- Isolated or lonely; lacking companionship.
- Sole; being the only one of a type. the lone male audience member at the concert
- Situated by itself or by oneself, with no neighbours. a lone house; a lone isle
- Unfrequented by human beings; solitary. Thus vanish sceptres, coronets, and balls, / And leave you on lone woods, or empty walls.
- Single; unmarried, or in widowhood. Queen Elizabeth being a lone woman.
- Not divided into multiple districts. lone congressional district
verb lones · loning · loned
- Only used in lone it