adj
Meaning 1
Solitary; having no companion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- a lone traveler or watcher
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
lone
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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lōn
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UK: /ləʊn/
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US: /loʊn/
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US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -əʊn
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homophone: loan
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CMU ARPABET: L OW1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Isolated or lonely; lacking companionship.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Sole; being the only one of a type.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- the lone male audience member at the concert
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Situated by itself or by oneself, with no neighbours.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- a lone house; a lone isle
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 5
Unfrequented by human beings; solitary.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 6
Single; unmarried, or in widowhood.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 7
Not divided into multiple districts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Philippines, not-comparable
Topics: government, politics
Examples
- lone congressional district
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: at-large
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 8
Only used in lone it
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Shortened from alone.
Across languages
Translations
50 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Northern Altai: ньагыс (nʹagïs) — having no companion
- Southern Altai: јаҥыс (ǰaŋïs) — having no companion
- Arabic: مُنَعْزِل (munaʕzil) — having no companion
- Bashkir: яңғыҙ (yañğıź) — having no companion
- Bulgarian: сам (sam) — having no companion
- Cherokee: ᎤᏩᏌ (uwasa) — having no companion
- Dutch: alleen — having no companion
- Esperanto: sola — having no companion
- Finnish: yksinäinen — having no companion
- French: seul — having no companion
- German: einzeln — having no companion
- Haitian Creole: sèl — having no companion
- Hebrew: בּוֹדֵד (bodéd) — having no companion
- Hungarian: egyedül — having no companion
- Irish: aonarach — having no companion
- Irish: aonartha — having no companion
- Irish: aonarúil — having no companion
- Italian: solo — having no companion
- Japanese: 一人の (hitori no) — having no companion
- Karaim: jalhyz — having no companion
- Kazakh: жалғыз (jalğyz) — having no companion
- Korean: 고독의 (godogui) — having no companion
- Kumyk: янгыз (yañız) — having no companion
- Kyrgyz: жалгыз (jalgız) — having no companion
- Norwegian Bokmål: ensom — having no companion
- Portuguese: só — having no companion
- Russian: одино́кий (odinókij) — having no companion
- Spanish: solo — having no companion
- Swedish: ensam — having no companion
- Tatar: ялгыз (yalğız) — having no companion
- Telugu: ఒంటరి (oṇṭari) — having no companion
- Tocharian B: ṣeske — having no companion
- Ottoman Turkish: یالڭز (yalñız) — having no companion
- Tuvan: чаңгыс (çañgıs) — having no companion
- Bulgarian: уединен (uedinen) — isolated
- Finnish: yksinäinen — isolated
- French: seul — isolated
- French: isolé — isolated
- Bashkir: берҙән-бер (berźən-ber) — sole
- Bulgarian: самотен (samoten) — sole
- Cherokee: ᎤᏩᏌ (uwasa) — sole
- Finnish: yksi — sole
- Finnish: ainoa — sole
- French: unique — sole
- Ancient Greek: μόνος (mónos) — sole
- Hebrew: יְחִידִי (yeḥidí) — sole
- Māori: tōtahi — sole
- Ottoman Turkish: یالڭز (yalñız) — sole
- Finnish: yksinäinen — situated with no neighbours
- French: isolé — situated with no neighbours