lone
adjective [before noun] /ləʊn/
/loʊn/ Definition
› alone: a lone survivor He was a lone voice (= the only person) arguing against a reduction in resources.Single, double and multiple lone parent/mother/father › someone who has children but no partner living with themMarital status
(Definition of lone adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- bilateral adjective
- deca- prefix
- double (up) as sth phrasal verb
- double adverb
- double noun, predeterminer
- double verb
- dual adjective
- dualism noun
- himself pronoun (MALE)
- none but idiom
- plural adjective (DIFFERENT)
- purely adverb
- single adjective (ONE)
- singly adverb
- sole adjective
- solitary adjective
- thrice adverb
- tri- prefix
- tripartite adjective
- twice predeterminer, adverb
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