Meaning

5 senses

  1. (not comparable, predicative)By oneself; apart from, or exclusive of, others; solo.

    She walked home alone.

  2. (not comparable, predicative)Without outside help.

    The job was too hard for me to do alone.

    allein, einsam, selbst

    оди́нodín, одино́кийodinókij, самsam

    оди́нodýn, самsam, самsam

    without anybody else or anything else

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

    (not comparable, predicative)Not permitting anything further; exclusively.

    The president alone has the power to initiate a nuclear launch.

    nur, ausschließlich, allein

    оди́нodín, то́лькоtólʹko

  4. (not comparable, predicative)Not requiring anything further; merely.

    Oral antibiotics alone won't clear the infection.

  5. (broadly, not comparable, predicative)Used to emphasize the size or extent of something by selecting a subset.

    Her wardrobe is huge. She has three racks for blazers alone.

    The first sentence alone sold me on the book.

Examples

6417 sentences

  1. I don't want to go alone.

    Я не хочу йти самотужки.

    ruЯ не хочу идти в одиночку.

    deIch will nicht allein gehen.

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  2. She allowed him to go alone.

    Вона дозволила йому поїхати самому.

    ruОна позволила ему идти самому.

    deSie gestattete ihm, alleine zu gehen.

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  3. I don't like to be alone.

    Я не люблю бути наодинці.

    deIch mag es nicht alleine zu sein.

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  4. Don't let him do it alone.

    Не дай йому зробити це самому.

    ruНе позволяйте ему делать это одному.

    deLass ihn das nicht alleine machen!

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  5. He was alone in the room.

    Він був у кімнаті сам.

    ruОн был один в комнате.

    deEr war alleine im Zimmer.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
without company:
Русский
By meaning 3
without company:
without outside help:
only:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
without company:
without outside help:
only:

Origin

From Middle English allone, from earlier all oon (literally “all one”), contracted from th

From Middle English allone, from earlier all oon (literally “all one”), contracted from the Old English phrase eall ān (“completely alone”), equivalent to al- (“all”) + one. Cognate with Scots alane (“alone”), Saterland Frisian alleene (“alone”), West Frisian allinne (“alone”), Dutch alleen (“alone”), Low German alleen (“alone”), German allein (“alone”), Danish alene (“alone”), Swedish allena (“alone”). More at all and one. For the different phonological development of alone and one, see the note in one.

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Synonyms

28 synonyms
soloB2unassistedC1entirelyB1exclusivelyB2merelyB1onlyA1whollyC2solitarilyby oneselfisolatedlylonelilyon one's billon one's lonesomeon one's tod
Close in meaning

Word family

8 related words
Derivedforever alonego-it-aloneleave alonelet alonesauce-alonestand-alonewalk-alonewalk alone

Collocations

12 patterns
  • do that alone
  • to be alone
  • go there alone
  • be left alone
  • alone in the
  • left alone
  • live alone
  • travel alone
  • is alone in
  • being being alone
  • all alone
  • alone at night

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
aloealoftalohaalongA2alongsideB2
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