ALONE


Meaning of ALONE in English

INDEX:

1. when there are no other people with you

2. when you do something without help from someone else

3. someone who spends a lot of time alone

4. alone and unhappy

5. to feel lonely because someone that you love is not there

RELATED WORDS

not married : ↑ MARRY

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1. when there are no other people with you

▷ alone/on your own/by yourself /əˈləʊn, ɒn jɔːr ˈəʊn, baɪ jɔːʳˈself/ [adjective/adverb]

if you are alone, on your own, or by yourself, you are in a place and no-one else is there with you :

▪ She was sitting alone on a park bench.

▪ I don’t really like walking home on my own at night.

▪ Do you share the apartment, or do you live by yourself?

all alone/on your own/by yourself

completely alone

▪ Wendy was frightened, all alone in that big old house.

leave somebody alone/on their own/by themselves

▪ The first time his parents left him alone in the house, he set fire to the kitchen.

▪ Mark’s not well. I can’t go out and leave him on his own.

▷ unaccompanied /ˌʌnəˈkʌmpənid◂/ [adjective/adverb]

if you go somewhere unaccompanied, you go there alone, especially when it is more usual to be with someone else :

▪ Children flying unaccompanied are looked after by the cabin crew.

▪ Some parts of town are not safe for an unaccompanied woman.

▷ solitude /ˈsɒlɪtjuːd, ˈsɒlətjuːdǁˈsɑːlə̇tuːd/ [uncountable noun]

when you are alone, especially when you want to be alone because this gives you time to think, work etc :

▪ I need solitude in order to paint my pictures.

▪ Ella loved the quiet solitude of her weekends.

in solitude

▪ He spent his free time in solitude, reading or walking in the hills.

2. when you do something without help from someone else

▷ on your own/by yourself /ɒn jɔːr ˈəʊn, baɪ jɔːʳˈself/ [adverb]

if you do something on your own or by yourself, you do it without anyone helping you :

▪ I managed to fix the car on my own.

▪ He’s old enough to get dressed by himself, isn’t he?

all on your own/all by yourself

use this when it is surprising that someone has done something without anyone’s help

▪ How did you manage to prepare so much food all by yourself?

you’re on your own

use this to tell someone that you will not help them spoken

▪ I can get an application for you, but after that you’re on your own.

▷ unaided /ʌnˈeɪdɪd, ʌnˈeɪdəd/ [adverb]

if you do something difficult unaided you do it without the help of anyone or anything :

▪ After his illness he was unable to walk unaided.

▪ With no one else in the office I had to deal with the problem unaided.

▷ single-handedly/single-handed /ˌsɪŋg ə l ˈhændə̇dli, ˌsɪŋg ə l ˈhændə̇d/ [adverb]

if you do something very difficult or very impressive single-handedly or single-handed, you succeed in doing it without the help of anyone else :

▪ In 1992, he rowed across the Atlantic single-handed.

almost single-handedly/single-handed

▪ Sanger almost single-handedly founded the birth control movement in the early 1900s.

▷ solo /ˈsəʊləʊ/ [adverb]

if you do something solo, especially a sports or musical activity, you do it alone :

▪ By the end of the course, all students will fly solo.

go solo

start doing something on your own instead of in a group

▪ John played with the band for five years before going solo.

solo [adjective usually before noun]

▪ Albert wants to take a solo sailing trip around the world.

▷ self-made /ˌself ˈmeɪd◂/ [adjective usually before noun]

someone who started without much money but has become rich and successful simply through their own efforts and work :

self-made man/businesswoman/millionaire etc

▪ C.J. Walker became one of black America’s first self-made millionaires.

▷ self-starter /ˌself ˈstɑːʳtəʳ/ [countable noun]

someone who is able to do things on their own without being told what to do by other people, especially in their job :

▪ We’re looking for creative self-starters with at least three years’ experience.

3. someone who spends a lot of time alone

▷ solitary /ˈsɒlɪt ə ri, ˈsɒlət ə riǁˈsɑːlə̇teri/ [adjective]

a solitary person spends a lot of time alone, especially because they like being alone :

▪ She was a very solitary woman who didn’t make friends easily.

▪ Ed enjoys the solitary life of a rancher.

▷ loner /ˈləʊnəʳ/ [countable noun]

someone who prefers to do things alone and has few friends :

▪ I had always been a loner, and I hated sharing an apartment when I went to college.

▪ Joe is one of our best workers but he’s too much of a loner to be a good leader.

▷ recluse /rɪˈkluːsǁˈrekluːs/ [countable noun]

someone who lives alone and avoids meeting other people :

▪ Old Mr Grimes was a bad-tempered recluse, rarely seen in the town.

▪ If you don’t get out more, you’re going to turn into a recluse.

reclusive /rɪˈkluːsɪv/ [adjective]

▪ The author has grown even more reclusive he avoids meeting people in recent years.

▷ prefer your own company /prɪˌfɜːʳ jɔːr əʊn ˈkʌmp ə ni/ [verb phrase]

someone who prefers their own company prefers to be alone rather than being with other people :

▪ We asked him to come and eat with us, but he said he preferred his own company.

4. alone and unhappy

▷ lonely also lonesome American /ˈləʊnli, ˈləʊns ə m/ [adjective]

unhappy because of being alone or without friends :

▪ Tammy felt very lonely when she first arrived in New York.

▪ Our neighbor George is a very lonely man.

▪ I get so lonesome here with no-one to talk to.

loneliness [uncountable noun]

the feeling you have when you are lonely :

▪ Many old people complain of loneliness.

▷ isolated /ˈaɪsəleɪtɪd, ˈaɪsəleɪtəd/ [adjective]

feeling that there is no one you can talk to or have as a friend, because your situation makes it difficult for you to meet people :

▪ Young, single parents often feel isolated and unhappy.

isolated from

▪ Children of very rich parents can grow up isolated from the rest of society.

isolation /ˌaɪsəˈleɪʃ ə n/ [uncountable noun]

when you are alone and unhappy, for example because you have no-one to talk to or no-one to help you :

isolated of

▪ At first I couldn’t stand the isolation of living in a foreign country.

▷ alienated /ˈeɪliəneɪtɪd, ˈeɪliəneɪtəd/ [adjective]

feeling alone and as if you are not wanted or understood by other people :

▪ We’re making a special effort to help alienated members feel more part of the group.

alienated from

▪ In high school she felt somehow different and alienated from other students.

alienation /ˌeɪliəˈneɪʃ ə n/ [uncountable noun]

alienated from

▪ Ray spoke of his daughter’s growing alienation from the Church.

5. to feel lonely because someone that you love is not there

▷ miss /mɪs/ [transitive verb]

to feel lonely because someone that you like very much is not with you :

▪ When are you coming home? I miss you.

▪ It was great living in Prague, but I really missed all my friends.

▷ be pining (away) for /biː ˌpaɪnɪŋ (əˈweɪ) fɔːʳ/ [transitive phrasal verb]

to feel unhappy because you cannot be with someone you love - often used humorously :

▪ ‘What’s wrong with Dan?’ ‘I think he’s pining for his girlfriend.’

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