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Definition alone in British English

alone adjective, adverb

adjective, adverb
/əˈləʊn/

Alone can be used in the following ways:

as an adjective (never before a noun): I was alone in the house.

as an adverb: Kim prefers to travel alone.He alone knows where the files are hidden.

1

if you are alone, there is no one else with you

1.1

if you are alone, there is no one else with you

Example

Shelley is divorced and lives alone.

Example

She was all alone in a dark forest.

Synonyms and related words
alone lone solo
1.2

used when two people are together and no one else is there

Example

It was forbidden for an unmarried couple to be alone together.

Example

Roger hadn't had a chance before to be alone with Therese.

2

feeling that you have no friends and that no one cares about you

Example

Jim said goodnight and left, feeling sad and alone.

Example

I felt completely alone in the world.

Synonyms and related words
lonely isolated alone
3

if you do something alone, you do it without any help from other people

Example

He is so severely disabled that he cannot manage alone.

Example

Was the killer acting alone?

Synonyms and related words
alone solo unilateral
4

without including numbers or amounts from anywhere else

Example

Kazakhstan alone had more than 100 different nationalities.

Example

The team earned over a million pounds from television alone last year.

Synonyms and related words
only except excluding
5

used for emphasizing that a particular person or thing is the only one that has something or can do something

Example

He alone was allowed to make decisions on foreign policy.

Example

Time alone will show whether the voters made the right choice.

Definition alone in British English