"lone" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ləʊn/ [UK], /loʊn/ [US] Audio: en-us-lone.ogg [US]
enPR: lōn Rhymes: -əʊn Etymology: Shortened from alone. Etymology templates: {{m|en|alone}} alone Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} lone (not comparable)
  1. Solitary; having no companion. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): One Translations (having no companion): مُنَعْزِل (munaʕzil) (Arabic), яңғыҙ (yañğıź) (Bashkir), сам (sam) (Bulgarian), ᎤᏩᏌ (uwasa) (Cherokee), alleen (Dutch), yksinäinen (Finnish), seul [masculine] (French), einzeln (German), sèl (Haitian Creole), בּוֹדֵד (bodéd) [masculine] (Hebrew), egyedül (Hungarian), aonarach (Irish), aonartha (Irish), aonarúil (Irish), solo (Italian), 一人の (hitori no) (alt: ひとりの) (Japanese), yañhız (Karaim), жаңғыз (jañğyz) (Kazakh), жалғыз (jalğyz) (Kazakh), 고독의 (godogui) (Korean), янгуз (yañuz) (Kumyk), жаңгыз (jaŋgız) (Kyrgyz), чаҥыс (čaŋïs) (Northern Altai), ensom (Norwegian Bokmål), یالڭز (yalñız) (Ottoman Turkish), (Portuguese), одино́кий (odinókij) (Russian), јаҥыс (ǰaŋïs) (Southern Altai), solo (Spanish), ensam (Swedish), яңгыз (yañgız) (Tatar), ఒంటరి (oṇṭari) (Telugu), ṣeske (Tocharian B), чаңгыс (çañgıs) (Tuvan)
    Sense id: en-lone-en-adj-Jd-YmmbK Disambiguation of One: 27 3 30 4 28 8 Disambiguation of 'having no companion': 85 6 0 4 5 1
  2. Isolated or lonely; lacking companionship. Tags: not-comparable Translations (isolated): уединен (uedinen) (Bulgarian), yksinäinen (Finnish), seul [masculine] (French), isolé [masculine] (French)
    Sense id: en-lone-en-adj-IzMxefEf Disambiguation of 'isolated': 17 61 10 4 6 1
  3. Sole; being the only one of a type. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): One Synonyms (sole): only Translations (sole): μόνος (mónos) (Ancient Greek), берҙән-бер (berźən-ber) (Bashkir), самотен (samoten) (Bulgarian), ᎤᏩᏌ (uwasa) (Cherokee), yksi (Finnish), ainoa (Finnish), unique [feminine, masculine] (French), יְחִידִי (yeḥidí) [masculine] (Hebrew), یالڭز (yalñız) (Ottoman Turkish)
    Sense id: en-lone-en-adj-yUXlHXb~ Disambiguation of One: 27 3 30 4 28 8 Disambiguation of 'sole': 23 4 62 0 11 0 Disambiguation of 'sole': 23 4 62 0 11 0
  4. Situated by itself or by oneself, with no neighbours. Tags: not-comparable Translations (situated with no neighbours): yksinäinen (Finnish), isolé [masculine] (French)
    Sense id: en-lone-en-adj-QUorZhv4 Disambiguation of 'situated with no neighbours': 15 6 1 70 5 2
  5. (archaic) Unfrequented by human beings; solitary. Tags: archaic, not-comparable Categories (topical): One
    Sense id: en-lone-en-adj-7KXSHvfp Disambiguation of One: 27 3 30 4 28 8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 3 20 2 51 19 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 9 5 20 6 42 19
  6. (archaic) Single; unmarried, or in widowhood. Tags: archaic, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-lone-en-adj-0w4RDo87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: lone gunman, lone it, lone pair, lone rangering, lone star tick, lone wolf, Lone Wolf (english: town), no-lone zone Related terms: alone, lonely, lonesome

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          "alt": "ひとりの",
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          "roman": "hitori no",
          "sense": "having no companion",
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          "roman": "godogui",
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          "word": "고독의"
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          "code": "kum",
          "lang": "Kumyk",
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          "sense": "having no companion",
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          "sense": "having no companion",
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          "code": "ota",
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
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          "word": "só"
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          "_dis1": "85 6 0 4 5 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "odinókij",
          "sense": "having no companion",
          "word": "одино́кий"
        },
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          "_dis1": "85 6 0 4 5 1",
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          "roman": "ǰaŋïs",
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          "_dis1": "85 6 0 4 5 1",
          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "having no companion",
          "word": "solo"
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          "_dis1": "85 6 0 4 5 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "having no companion",
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          "_dis1": "85 6 0 4 5 1",
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          "roman": "oṇṭari",
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          "word": "ఒంటరి"
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          "_dis1": "17 61 10 4 6 1",
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          "roman": "uedinen",
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          "word": "уединен"
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          "_dis1": "17 61 10 4 6 1",
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          "text": "the lone male audience member at the concert",
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          "word": "берҙән-бер"
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          "word": "ᎤᏩᏌ"
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          "word": "ainoa"
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          "word": "unique"
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        "(archaic) Unfrequented by human beings; solitary."
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          "text": "Queen Elizabeth being a lone woman."
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        "(archaic) Single; unmarried, or in widowhood."
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      "ipa": "/ləʊn/",
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      "ipa": "/loʊn/",
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        "US"
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      "rhymes": "-əʊn"
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    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "Requests for review of Mandarin translations",
    "Rhymes:English/əʊn",
    "Rhymes:English/əʊn/1 syllable",
    "en:One"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "lone gunman"
    },
    {
      "word": "lone it"
    },
    {
      "word": "lone pair"
    },
    {
      "word": "lone rangering"
    },
    {
      "word": "lone star tick"
    },
    {
      "word": "lone wolf"
    },
    {
      "english": "town",
      "word": "Lone Wolf"
    },
    {
      "word": "no-lone zone"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "alone"
      },
      "expansion": "alone",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Shortened from alone.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "lone (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "alone"
    },
    {
      "word": "lonely"
    },
    {
      "word": "lonesome"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "a lone traveler or watcher",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1741, William Shenstone, The Judgment of Hercules",
          "text": "When I have on those pathless wilds appeared, / And the lone wanderer with my presence cheered.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020 January 22, “School director arrested as a suspect in Lop Buri gold shop robbery”, in Thai PBS World, Bangkok: Thai Public Broadcasting Service, retrieved 2020-01-22",
          "text": "The director of a school in Thailand's central province of Sing Buri is in police custody under suspicion of being the lone perpetrator of a gold shop robbery at a mall in Lop Buri province on January 9th, during which three people, including a two-year old boy, were murdered and four others [were] wounded.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Solitary; having no companion."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Solitary",
          "solitary"
        ],
        [
          "companion",
          "companion"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Isolated or lonely; lacking companionship."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Isolated",
          "isolated"
        ],
        [
          "lonely",
          "lonely"
        ],
        [
          "companionship",
          "companionship"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "the lone male audience member at the concert",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Sole; being the only one of a type."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Sole",
          "sole"
        ],
        [
          "type",
          "type"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "a lone house;  a lone isle",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Situated by itself or by oneself, with no neighbours."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Situated",
          "situate"
        ],
        [
          "itself",
          "itself"
        ],
        [
          "oneself",
          "oneself"
        ],
        [
          "neighbour",
          "neighbour"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "c. 1715, Alexander Pope, Epistle To Mrs Teresa Blount",
          "text": "Thus vanish sceptres, coronets, and balls, / And leave you on lone woods, or empty walls.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Unfrequented by human beings; solitary."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "solitary",
          "solitary"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) Unfrequented by human beings; solitary."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Collection of Records (1642)",
          "text": "Queen Elizabeth being a lone woman."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Single; unmarried, or in widowhood."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Single",
          "single"
        ],
        [
          "unmarried",
          "unmarried"
        ],
        [
          "widowhood",
          "widowhood"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) Single; unmarried, or in widowhood."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ləʊn/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/loʊn/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊn"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "loan"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-lone.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7b/En-us-lone.ogg/En-us-lone.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7b/En-us-lone.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "lōn"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "sole",
      "word": "only"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "munaʕzil",
      "sense": "having no companion",
      "word": "مُنَعْزِل"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "yañğıź",
      "sense": "having no companion",
      "word": "яңғыҙ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sam",
      "sense": "having no companion",
      "word": "сам"
    },
    {
      "code": "chr",
      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "roman": "uwasa",
      "sense": "having no companion",
      "word": "ᎤᏩᏌ"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "having no companion",
      "word": "alleen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "having no companion",
      "word": "yksinäinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "having no companion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "seul"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having no companion",
      "word": "einzeln"
    },
    {
      "code": "ht",
      "lang": "Haitian Creole",
      "sense": "having no companion",
      "word": "sèl"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "bodéd",
      "sense": "having no companion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "בּוֹדֵד"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "having no companion",
      "word": "egyedül"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "having no companion",
      "word": "aonarach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "having no companion",
      "word": "aonartha"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "having no companion",
      "word": "aonarúil"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "having no companion",
      "word": "solo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ひとりの",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hitori no",
      "sense": "having no companion",
      "word": "一人の"
    },
    {
      "code": "kdr",
      "lang": "Karaim",
      "sense": "having no companion",
      "word": "yañhız"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "jañğyz",
      "sense": "having no companion",
      "word": "жаңғыз"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "jalğyz",
      "sense": "having no companion",
      "word": "жалғыз"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "godogui",
      "sense": "having no companion",
      "word": "고독의"
    },
    {
      "code": "kum",
      "lang": "Kumyk",
      "roman": "yañuz",
      "sense": "having no companion",
      "word": "янгуз"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "jaŋgız",
      "sense": "having no companion",
      "word": "жаңгыз"
    },
    {
      "code": "atv",
      "lang": "Northern Altai",
      "roman": "čaŋïs",
      "sense": "having no companion",
      "word": "чаҥыс"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "having no companion",
      "word": "ensom"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "yalñız",
      "sense": "having no companion",
      "word": "یالڭز"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "having no companion",
      "word": "só"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "odinókij",
      "sense": "having no companion",
      "word": "одино́кий"
    },
    {
      "code": "alt",
      "lang": "Southern Altai",
      "roman": "ǰaŋïs",
      "sense": "having no companion",
      "word": "јаҥыс"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "having no companion",
      "word": "solo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "having no companion",
      "word": "ensam"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "yañgız",
      "sense": "having no companion",
      "word": "яңгыз"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "oṇṭari",
      "sense": "having no companion",
      "word": "ఒంటరి"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "having no companion",
      "word": "ṣeske"
    },
    {
      "code": "tyv",
      "lang": "Tuvan",
      "roman": "çañgıs",
      "sense": "having no companion",
      "word": "чаңгыс"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "uedinen",
      "sense": "isolated",
      "word": "уединен"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "isolated",
      "word": "yksinäinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "isolated",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "seul"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "isolated",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "isolé"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "berźən-ber",
      "sense": "sole",
      "word": "берҙән-бер"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "samoten",
      "sense": "sole",
      "word": "самотен"
    },
    {
      "code": "chr",
      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "roman": "uwasa",
      "sense": "sole",
      "word": "ᎤᏩᏌ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "sole",
      "word": "yksi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "sole",
      "word": "ainoa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "sole",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "unique"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "mónos",
      "sense": "sole",
      "word": "μόνος"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "yeḥidí",
      "sense": "sole",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "יְחִידִי"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "yalñız",
      "sense": "sole",
      "word": "یالڭز"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "situated with no neighbours",
      "word": "yksinäinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "situated with no neighbours",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "isolé"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lone"
}

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