TermGallery
English
English
Spanish
Catalan
Portuguese
Russian
Look up alternatives for...
EN
Interface language
English
Español
Català
Português
Русский
Meanings
Examples
We are using cookies
This website uses cookies in order to offer you the most relevant information. By browsing this website, you accept these cookies.
Accept and close
More about cookies
Did you know?
You can double click on a word to look it up on TermGallery.
Meanings of
lone
in English
Being the only one; single and isolated from others.
only
sole
solitary
lonesome
Related terms
single
Lacking companions or companionship.
alone
lonely
Related terms
unaccompanied
unsocial
Synonyms
Examples for "
alone
"
alone
lonely
Examples for "
alone
"
1
In Europe
alone
we waste 90 million tonnes of food a year.
2
However New Zealand is not
alone
among OECD countries, the report shows.
3
Paper is exactly the kind of
stand
-
alone
Facebook really needs right now.
4
It's an attitudinal problem that time
alone
would of course help erase.
5
This year
alone
,
the airline received over R15 billion in government bail-outs.
1
For them a nuclear family house is a
lonely
place, said Southcomb.
2
But there were sixteen-hour work days, long
lonely
times on the road.
3
They looked terribly
lonely
,
so I quickly gave them a good home.
4
The silence of the grave reigned all through the
lonely
old house.
5
They say writing is a
lonely
business, but it's not completely true.
Usage of
lone
in English
1
Police believe there was only one
lone
attacker, the Associated Press reports.
2
Maybe that
lone
voice expressing concern about what was happening was right'.
3
Defenseman Christian Djoos scored the Capitals'
lone
goal in the second period.
4
One learns the charm of the
lone
trail in the Canadian bush.
5
Be strong in that as in the courage of the
lone
trail.
6
Certainly it's the
lone
point of agreement between Suicide to Thelma Houston.
7
Three days later a
lone
rider came galloping up from the south.
8
The room was furnished for the simple needs of the
lone
occupant.
9
Last year a
lone
heckler shouted abuse at the vice regal couple.
10
And he sat in the
lone
house and wept beside the bodies.
11
O'Riordan told him that other
lone
dolphins had appeared around northwestern Europe.
12
Conclusion: Prophylactic PVI reduced new-onset AF in patients with
lone
atrial flutter.
13
Their
lone
triumph during that span came against the Chargers last year.
14
Tigers key forward Jack Riewoldt was a
lone
hand with five goals.
15
The soldiers who set out after his
lone
companion are soon back.
16
Sometimes it involved groups of men and other times a
lone
male.
Other examples for "lone"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
lone
Adjective
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
lone wolf
lone man
lone parents
lone goal
lone figure
More collocations
Lone
through the time
Lone
across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common
New Zealand
Common
More variants