Lone

/ləʊn/ · adjective

Meaning

Solitary; having no companion..

Definitions by Sense

1. Solitary; having no companion.
2. Isolated or lonely; lacking companionship.
3. Sole; being the only one of a type.
4. Situated by itself or by oneself, with no neighbours.
5. (archaic) Unfrequented by human beings; solitary.
6. (archaic) Single; unmarried, or in widowhood.
7. (Philippines, politics, of an election or elected position) Not divided into multiple districts.

Example Sentences

a lone traveler or watcher

When I have on those pathless wilds appeared, / And the lone wanderer with my presence cheered.

The Bat—they called him the Bat.[…]. He'd never been in stir, the bulls had never mugged him, he didn't run with a mob, he played a lone hand, and fenced his stuff so that even the fence couldn't swear he knew his face.

The director of a school in Thailand's central province of Sing Buri is in police custody under suspicion of being the lone perpetrator of a gold shop robbery at a mall in Lop Buri province on January 9th, during which three people, including a two-year old^([sic]) boy, were murdered and four others [were] wounded.

the lone male audience member at the concert

a lone house;  a lone isle

By a lone wall a lonelier column rears.

Thus vanish sceptres, coronets, and balls, / And leave you on lone woods, or empty walls.

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