The word alone comes from a combination of the Middle English words "all" and "one," which is really all you need to know to understand the word. A person who is alone is all in one; there's no one else around.
Quite by one's self; apart from, or exclusive of, others; single; solitary; -- applied to a person or thing.
Adverb
without any others being included or involved; "was entirely to blame"; "a school devoted entirely to the needs of problem children"; "he works for Mr. Smith exclusively"; "did it solely for money"; "the burden of proof rests on the prosecution alone"; "a
Adverb
without anybody else; "the child stayed home alone"; "he flew solo"
a.
Quite by one's self; apart from, or exclusive of, others;
single; solitary; -- applied to a person or thing.
a.
Of or by itself; by themselves; without any thing more or
any one else; without a sharer; only.
a.
Sole; only; exclusive.
a.
Hence; Unique; rare; matchless.
adv.
Solely; simply; exclusively.
Alone
Alone on a wide, wide sea.
It is not good that the man should be alone.2.
Man shall not live by bread alone.
The citizens alone should be at the expense.3.
God, by whose alone power and conversation we all live, and move, and have our being.4.
Alone
Quite by one's self; apart from, or exclusive of, others; single; solitary; -- applied to a person or thing.
Solely; simply; exclusively.
Usage Examples
A man is born alone and dies alone and he experiences the good and bad consequences of his karma alone and he goes alone to hell or the Supreme abode.
A man can be himself only so long as he is alone.
A man content to go to heaven alone will never go to heaven.
A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone.
A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.
A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.
'The Christmas Song,' by Nat King Cole, is not only a masterful performance to me it just sounds like the holidays. I've never sung it, because Nat's version is so perfect. I gotta leave it alone.
Misspelled Formalone, qalone, walone, salone, zalone, qlone, wlone, slone, zlone, aqlone, awlone, aslone, azlone, aklone, aolone, aplone, a:lone, akone, aoone, apone, a:one, alkone, aloone, alpone, al:one, alione, al9one, al0one, alpone, allone, aline, al9ne, al0ne, alpne, allne, aloine, alo9ne, alo0ne, alopne, alolne, alobne, alohne, alojne, alomne, alo ne, alobe, alohe, aloje, alome, alo e, alonbe, alonhe, alonje, alonme, alon e, alonwe, alon3e, alon4e, alonre, alonse, alonde, alonw, alon3, alon4, alonr, alons, alond, alonew, alone3, alone4, aloner, alones, aloned.
Other Usage ExamplesA man is never completely alone in this world. At the worst, he has the company of a boy, a youth, and by and by a grown man - the one he used to be.
A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is a reality.
A good government may, indeed, redress the grievances of an injured people but a strong people can alone build up a great nation.
'Tis the last rose of summer Left blooming alone All her lovely companions Are faded and gone.
A career is all very well, but no one lives by work alone.
A movie like House of the Dead with around $7 million budget or Alone in the Dark with around $16 million budget are much easier to make profit than the typical $50 million major motion picture.
A book is sent out into the world, and there is no way of fully anticipating the responses it will elicit. Consider the responses called forth by the Bible, Homer, Shakespeare - let alone contemporary poetry or a modern novel.
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