lone
lone
Definition
lone (lōn)
adjective
- by oneself; alone; solitary
- Rare lonesome
- Rare unmarried or widowed
- standing apart from others of its kind; isolated
- Old Poet. unfrequented: said of places
Etymology: ME, aphetic < alone
lone′·ness noun
lone
Synonyms
lone
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- parent: There are 783 thousand lone parents claiming income support, down 40 thousand over the same period.
- parenthood: Also new for 1998 were three books exploring the issues surrounding lone parenthood.
- striker: Last season, he was a lone striker, usually playing against two center backs.
- mother: They are not all lone mothers living on benefits in council housing.
- pair: The colon is used to indicate a lone pair.
- gunman: The Last Word, Part One - A lone gunman in a clown mask holds siege at the Junior Gazette.
Modifying Another Word
- especially: However, the following groups of students are a priority for help from the Access Fund; Students with children, especially lone parents.
- particularly: One in twenty mothers in Britain - particularly lone mothers on Income Support - go without food to meet the needs of their child.
- so: Where shall they find on foreign land, So lone a lake, so sweet a strand?
lone Quotes
Lone, lone, and lone I stand, With none to hear my cry, As the black feet of the night Go walking down the sky.
Browse dictionary entries near lone
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- London Club
- London broil
- London
- Lomotil
- Lomond
- lone hand
- Lone Star State
- lone wolf
- loneliness
- lonely
- lonely-hearts
- loner
- lonesome
- long
- long and short of it
