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lone

American  
[lohn] / loʊn /

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:
    secluded, separate

  3. sole; single; only.

    That company constitutes our lone competitor in the field.

  4. unfrequented.

  5. without companionship; lonesome; lonely.

  6. unmarried or widowed.

lone British  
/ ləʊn /

adjective

  1. unaccompanied; solitary

  2. single or isolated

    a lone house

  3. a literary word for lonely

  4. unmarried or widowed

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Related Words

See alone.

Other Word Forms

  • loneness noun

Etymology

Origin of lone

1325–75; Middle English; aphetic var of alone, used attributively

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