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Etymology

From Middle English allone, from earlier all oon (“alone”, 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. Regarding the different phonological development of alone and one, see the note in one.

inherited from allone

Definitions

1
By oneself, solitary.
- I can't ask for help because I am alone.
- It is not good that the man should be alone.
- Alone on a wide, wide sea.
2
Lacking peers who share one's beliefs, experiences, practices, etc.
- Senator Craddock wants to abolish the estate tax, and she's not alone.
- I always organize my Halloween candy before eating it. Am I alone in this?
3
Apart from, or exclusive of, others.
- There are proofs enough in History, and first that beautiful Hynes, so much beloved by Charles the seventh King of France, who valued the alone possession of her Love at so high a rate, that[…]
- God, […] by whose alone power and conversation we all live, and move, and have our being.
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1. Mere
  Mere; consisting of nothing further.
2. 5
  Unique
  Unique; rare; matchless.
  - Pardon me, Proteus, all I can is nothing / To her, whose worth makes other worthies nothing; / She is alone.
3. 6
  By oneself
  By oneself; apart from, or exclusive of, others; solo.
  - She walked home alone.
4. 7
  Without outside help.
  - The job was too hard for me to do alone.
5. 8
  Focus adverb, typically modifying a noun and occurring immediately after it.
  - The president alone has the power to initiate a nuclear launch.
  - They must be told, that the ultimate authority, wherever the derivative may be found, resides in the People alone;
  - The Senate (A.U.C. 514) decreed that the eldest son alone should bear his father's praenomen.

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Derived

alonely, alonement, aloneness, bowling alone thesis, leave it alone, leave things alone, let it alone, let things alone, quirkyalone, take it or leave it alone, alone in a crowd, forever alone, go it alone, go-it-alone, leave alone, leave me alone, leave well alone, leave well enough alone, let alone, let well alone, let well enough alone, man shall not live by bread alone, misfortunes never come alone, sauce-alone, stand-alone, time alone will tell, walk-alone, walk alone

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at alone. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at alone. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at alone

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