Alone : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Alone	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Alone
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alone adv without any others being included or involved; "was entirely to blame"; "a school devoted entirely to the needs of problem children"; "he works for Mr. Smith exclusively"; "did it solely for money"; "the burden of proof rests on the prosecution alone"; "a privilege granted only to him" Synonym(s): entirely, exclusively, solely, alone, only without anybody else or anything else; "the child stayed home alone"; "the pillar stood alone, supporting nothing"; "he flew solo" Synonym(s): alone, solo, unaccompanied adj isolated from others; "could be alone in a crowded room"; "was alone with her thoughts"; "I want to be alone" lacking companions or companionship; "he was alone when we met him"; "she is alone much of the time"; "the lone skier on the mountain"; "a lonely fisherman stood on a tuft of gravel"; "a lonely soul"; "a solitary traveler" Synonym(s): alone(p), lone(a), lonely(a), solitary exclusive of anyone or anything else; "she alone believed him"; "cannot live by bread alone"; "I'll have this car and this car only" Synonym(s): alone(p), only radically distinctive and without equal; "he is alone in the field of microbiology"; "this theory is altogether alone in its penetration of the problem"; "Bach was unique in his handling of counterpoint"; "craftsmen whose skill is unequaled"; "unparalleled athletic ability"; "a breakdown of law unparalleled in our history" Synonym(s): alone(p), unique, unequaled, unequalled, unparalleled
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Alone \Alone"\, a. [All + one. OE. al one all allone, AS. [be]n one, alone. See {All}, {One}, {Lone}.] 1. Quite by one's self; apart from, or exclusive of, others; single; solitary; -- applied to a person or thing. Alone* on a wide, wide sea. --Coleridge. It is not good that the man should be alone. --Gen. ii. 18. 2. Of or by itself; by themselves; without any thing more or any one else; without a sharer; only. Man shall not live by bread alone. --Luke iv. 4. The citizens alone should be at the expense. --Franklin. 3. Sole; only; exclusive. [R.] God, by whose alone power and conversation we all live, and move, and have our being. --Bentley. 4. Hence; Unique; rare; matchless. --Shak. Note: The adjective alone commonly follows its noun. {To} {let [or] leave} {alone}, to abstain from interfering with or molesting; to suffer to remain in its present state.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Alone \A*lone"\, adv. Solely; simply; exclusively.