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lone

[ lohn ]

adjective

  1. being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:

    a lone traveler.

  2. standing by itself or apart; isolated:

    a lone house in the valley.

    Synonyms: ,

  3. sole; single; only:

    That company constitutes our lone competitor in the field.

  4. without companionship; lonesome; lonely.
  5. unmarried or widowed.


lone

/ əʊ /

adjective

  1. unaccompanied; solitary
  2. single or isolated

    a lone house

  3. a literary word for lonely
  4. unmarried or widowed
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈDzԱԱ, noun
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Other Word Forms

  • DzԱn noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of lone1

1325–75; Middle English; aphetic var of alone, used attributively
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Word History and Origins

Origin of lone1

C14: from the mistaken division of alone into a lone
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Synonym Study

See alone.
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Sadly, for now, Murkowski is one of vanishingly few Republican politicians with the guts to speak up against the party’s rogue president — a brave, but lone, voice in the wilderness.

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The lone Menendez family member who opposed the brothers’ release died this year.

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Among his first moves in office was to hire Kathy Cady, a former prosecutor who served as a victims rights attorney to the lone Menendez relative opposed to the brothers’ release.

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That’s right, the lone opportunity for L.A. fans to watch the Riot in their home city is to circle that day on a calendar, purchase a ticket and attend the game.

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The comment about a “go-it-alone approach” reflected the last round of stadium negotiations, in which then-Mayor Harry Sidhu successfully pushed to become the council’s lone representative on the city’s negotiating team.

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