/əˈləʊn/
Translation
With no other person there.
Word origin
From Middle English al one, meaning all one, that is, all by oneself.
- Origin
- Middle English
- Root
- al one
- English cognates
- lone, lonely
Examples
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"Alone" means no one else lives with her.
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Here "alone" means with nobody else.
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"Leave someone alone" means stop touching or bothering them.
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Emphasis in English: I do like it, my own, the very, and how to push back
For, since, already, yet and still in English: which word, and where it goes in the sentence
Hedging and vague language in English: sort of, a bit, -ish, stuff and or so
Indirect questions in English: Could you tell me where the station is, and the word order that goes with it
Past perfect tense: had plus past participle, and when English actually needs it
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Quantifiers in English: some, any, much, many and more
Reflexive and reciprocal pronouns in English: myself, yourself, each other, and when English does not bother
Reported speech in English: backshift, questions and commands
Wish and if only in English: wish + past, wish + past perfect, wish + would, and why I wish I would is wrong
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