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- Dictionarylone/ləʊn/
adjective
- 1. having no companions; solitary or single: "I approached a lone drinker across the bar" Similar
- 2. (of a place) unfrequented and remote: literary "houses in lone rural settings" Similar Opposite
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The meaning of LONE is having no company : solitary. How to use lone in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Lone.
being the only one in a place or situation; standing alone: Her singing is backed by a lone piano. (Definition of lone from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of lone. lone. Two forces, then, are active in the conflict, where one lone figure is pitted against a phalanx. From the Cambridge English Corpus
being the only one in a place or situation; standing alone: Her singing is backed by a lone piano. (Definition of lone from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of lone. lone. By now, lone wolf violence of this sort appears irrational to us. From Huffington Post.
Lone definition: being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied. See examples of LONE used in a sentence.
adj. 1. being alone; solitary; unaccompanied: a lone traveler. 2. standing by itself or apart; isolated: a lone house in the valley. 3. sole; single; only: our lone competitor in the field. 4. unfrequented. [1325–75; Middle English; aph. var of alone] lone′ness, n.
3 days ago · If you talk about a lone person or thing, you mean that they are alone. A lone motorist waited for six hours for help yesterday because of a mix-up. American English : lone / ˈloʊn /
Definition of lone adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
