lone

[ lohn ]
/ loʊn /
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adjective

being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied: a lone traveler.
standing by itself or apart; isolated: a lone house in the valley.
sole; single; only: That company constitutes our lone competitor in the field.
unfrequented.
without companionship; lonesome; lonely.
unmarried or widowed.

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Origin of lone

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

synonym study for lone

1. See alone.

OTHER WORDS FROM lone

lone·ness, noun

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH lone

loan lone

Words nearby lone

londoner, londonesque, londonistan, londres, londrina, lone, lone hand, lone pair, lone star state, lone wolf, lonely
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Words related to lone

solitary, lonely, sole, abandoned, alone, deserted, forsaken, isolated, lonesome, one, particular, secluded, separate, separated, single, singular, solo, unaccompanied, unique

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British Dictionary definitions for lone

lone
/ (ləʊn) /

adjective (prenominal)

unaccompanied; solitary
single or isolateda lone house
a literary word for lonely
unmarried or widowed

Derived forms of lone

loneness, noun

Word Origin for lone

C14: from the mistaken division of alone into a lone
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