alone
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[[ME < al, ALL + one, ONE]]
1 apart from anything or anyone else
2 without involving any other person
3 without anything further; with nothing more; only
4 without equal or peer
–let alone
1 to refrain from bothering or interfering with: also leave alone
2 not to speak of
–let(or leave)well enough alone to be content with things as they are not try to improve them: also [Brit.] let(or leave)well alone
SYN
–alone unqualified, denotes the simple fact of being by oneself or itself; solitary conveys the same sense but suggests more strongly the lack of companionship or association [a solitary tree in the meadow]; lonely, and the more poetic lone, convey a heightened sense of solitude and gloom[the lonely sentinel walks his post] ; lonesome suggests a longing or yearning for companionship, often for a particular person[the child is lonesome for her mother]
—ANT. accompanied
–alone unqualified, denotes the simple fact of being by oneself or itself; solitary conveys the same sense but suggests more strongly the lack of companionship or association [a solitary tree in the meadow]; lonely, and the more poetic lone, convey a heightened sense of solitude and gloom
—ANT. accompanied
