"alone" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /əˈləʊn/ [UK], /əˈloʊn/ [US] Audio: en-us-alone.ogg [US], en-uk-alone.ogg [UK] Forms: alone [positive], more alone [comparative], most alone [superlative]
Head templates: {{adj|more=true}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If someone is alone, they are not with other people.
    Sense id: simple-alone-en-adj-dA1i9FjT
  2. If someone is alone, they have no friends or people they know.
    Sense id: simple-alone-en-adj-OBAe6osd

Adverb [English]

IPA: /əˈləʊn/ [UK], /əˈloʊn/ [US] Audio: en-us-alone.ogg [US], en-uk-alone.ogg [UK] Forms: alone [positive], [comparative], Superlative–
Head templates: {{adverb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you do something alone, you do it without other people.
    Sense id: simple-alone-en-adv-SuhAE-tQ
  2. When you talk about something alone, you mean only that thing.
    Sense id: simple-alone-en-adv-m5KoXBKl
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Adverbs
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