ALONE
What does "ALONE" mean?
Having no one else present; on one's own.
Meanings
- Without other people; by oneself. She lived alone but was rarely lonely.
- Without help from anyone or anything else. He built the whole shed alone over one summer.
- Considered on its own, to the exclusion of others; only. You alone can decide what happens next.
Word origin
From Middle English 'al one', literally 'all one' — Old English 'eall' (all, wholly) plus 'ān' (one). The same fusion gave us 'lone' by clipping off the 'a'.
Remember it
ALONE is 'all one' worn smooth — all-one, one all by itself.
A little poem
One cup, one spoon, one
chair pulled to the window's light-
the quiet sits too.
haiku
Wordplay
- I told my friends I'd been studying the word 'alone'. Turns out I'd been doing it independently.
What it teaches
Alone is a fact about the room; lonely is a fact about the heart — they need not arrive together.
Quick facts
What does ALONE mean?
Having no one else present; on one's own.
Is ALONE a valid word?
Yes — ALONE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is ALONE?
ALONE has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does ALONE come from?
From Middle English 'al one', literally 'all one' — Old English 'eall' (all, wholly) plus 'ān' (one). The same fusion gave us 'lone' by clipping off the 'a'.
What can ALONE teach us?
Alone is a fact about the room; lonely is a fact about the heart — they need not arrive together.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.