Lone - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ləʊn|  American pronunciation of the word lone
Brit.  |ləʊn|  British pronunciation of the word lone

adjective

- lacking companions or companionship (syn: alone, lonely, solitary)
he was alone when we met him
she is alone much of the time
the lone skier on the mountain
a lonely fisherman stood on a tuft of gravel
a lonely soul
- characterized by or preferring solitude (syn: lonely, solitary)
a lone wolf
a lonely existence
- being the only one; single and isolated from others (syn: lonesome, only, sole, solitary)
the lone doctor in the entire county
a lonesome pine

Extra examples

...the lone ripe apple in the entire bag...

...just one lone cow in the middle of the field...

A lone figure was standing at the bus stop.

He was by no means a lone voice criticizing the government.

...a lone tree remained erect after the terrible tornado had passed...

...scornfully declaring that he was not the school's lone drug dealer, he immediately began criminating a host of confederates...

...a lone herdsman stood with his sheep and his dog on the hillside...

...a lone sentinel kept watch over the fort...

...a lone lighthouse beacons the entrance to the island's only harbor...

The speciality of the hum is the lone drunk.

A lone piper played a lament.

Only 29% of lone parents receive financial support from their former partners.

...we spent an interesting evening in that desert town's lone cantina...

...the dolesome sound of a lone harmonica arising from the darkened encampment...

He had the reputation of being a lone wolf in high school.

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