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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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RELATED WORDS

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

Nearby words

  1. londoner,
  2. londonesque,
  3. londonistan,
  4. londres,
  5. londrina,
  6. lone hand,
  7. lone pair,
  8. lone star state,
  9. lone wolf,
  10. loneliness

Origin of lone

1325–75; Middle English; aphetic var of alone, used attributively
Related formslone·ness, noun
Can be confusedloan lone

Synonym study

1. See alone.
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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 Formsloneness, noun

Word Origin for lone

C14: from the mistaken division of alone into a lone
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Word Origin and History for lone

lone

adj.

late 14c., "having no companion, solitary," shortening of alone (q.v.) by weakening of stress or else by misdivision of what is properly all one. The Lone Star in reference to "Texas" is first recorded 1843, from its flag. Lone wolf in the figurative sense is 1909, American English.

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