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alone

adjective · adverb

Simple meaning

Not involved in a romantic relationship.

Pronunciation

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uhlohn

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IPA pronunciation (US)

əˈloʊn

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Word Review

Definition

Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.

adjective

  1. Not involved in a romantic relationship.

  2. By oneself, solitary.

  3. predicativelychiefly in the negative

    Lacking peers who share one's beliefs, experiences, practices, etc.

adverb

  1. By oneself; apart from, or exclusive of, others; solo.

  2. Without outside help.

  3. Not permitting anything further; exclusively.

  4. Not requiring anything further; merely.

  5. Focus adverb, typically modifying a noun and occurring immediately after it.

  6. by extension

    Used to emphasize the size or extent of something by selecting a subset.

Word at a Glance

Difficulty
A2 · Elementary
Frequency
Common
Typical Use
Everyday English

Word Aura™

How this word commonly comes across.

Aura for this meaning

This meaning: Not involved in a romantic relationship.

Used this way, alone is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It turns up most in relationships contexts.

Emotional tone
Neutral
Formality
Neutral
Intensity
Not strongly marked
How common
Moderately common
Connotation
No strong connotation
Usage feel
Neutral and straightforward

Where it naturally appears

  • Relationships

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Word Family

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Compound terms

Established multiword terms.

  • sauce-alonenounCompound term

    European herb that smells like garlic.

  • leave aloneverbCompound term

    Leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking.

  • let aloneadverbCompound term

    Much less.

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Synonyms

Sense: not involved in a romantic relationship

solitarylonely

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