What does lone mean?

Definitions for lone
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. alone(p), lone(a), lonely(a), solitaryadjective

    lacking companions or companionship

    "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"; "a solitary traveler"

  2. lone(a), lonely(a), solitaryadjective

    characterized by or preferring solitude

    "a lone wolf"; "a lonely existence"; "a man of a solitary disposition"; "a solitary walk"

  3. lone(a), lonesome(a), only(a), sole(a), solitary(a)adjective

    being the only one; single and isolated from others

    "the lone doctor in the entire county"; "a lonesome pine"; "an only child"; "the sole heir"; "the sole example"; "a solitary instance of cowardice"; "a solitary speck in the sky"

Wiktionary

  1. loneadjective

    Solitary; having no companion.

  2. loneadjective

    Isolated or lonely; lacking companionship.

  3. loneadjective

    Sole; being the only one of a type.

  4. loneadjective

    Situated by itself or by oneself, with no neighbours.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Loneadjective

    Etymology: contracted from alone.

    Here the lone hour a blank of life displays. Richard Savage.

    Thus vanish sceptres, coronets and balls,
    And leave you in lone woods, or empty walls. Alexander Pope.

    No lone house in Wales, with a mountain and a rookery, is more contemplative than this court. Alexander Pope.

ChatGPT

  1. lone

    Being alone or solitary; being without companions; unaccompanied. A person or thing that is single, solitary, or isolated can also be described as lone. In certain contexts, it could suggest independent or standalone nature.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Lonenoun

    a lane. See Loanin

  2. Loneadjective

    being without a companion; being by one's self; also, sad from lack of companionship; lonely; as, a lone traveler or watcher

  3. Loneadjective

    single; unmarried, or in widowhood

  4. Loneadjective

    being apart from other things of the kind; being by itself; also, apart from human dwellings and resort; as, a lone house

  5. Loneadjective

    unfrequented by human beings; solitary

  6. Etymology: [Abbrev. fr. alone.]

Wikidata

  1. Lone

    Lone is a Kashmiri caste in the Kashmir Valley of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. The caste belongs to the Vaishya order. The Lone tribe is based mainly in northern Kashmir, although in the past few centuries there has been gradual diffusion of the tribe throughout the valley of Kashmir. However, now the tribe also is concentrated in the Kupwara district of the Kashmir valley. Although the vast majority of the Lone tribe speak Kashmiri as their mother tongue, significant numbers speak Shina, especially those who live in the Gurez valley. A significant number of kashmiris of Lone tribe live in central and northern punjab regions of Pakistan in cities such as Lahore, Gujranwala, Sialkot, Gujrat, Jhelum and Rawalpindi, in Punjab there has been a gradual tendency among kashmiri muslim immigrants to use Butt as their surname which include people from kashmiri lone tribe too.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Lone

    lōn, Lonely, lōn′li, adj. alone: solitary: retired: standing by itself.—ns. Lone′liness, Lone′ness.—adj. Lone′some, solitary: dismal.—adv. Lone′somely.—n. Lone′someness. [Alone.]

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. LONE

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Lone is ranked #21470 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Lone surname appeared 1,217 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Lone.

    63% or 767 total occurrences were White.
    13.9% or 170 total occurrences were Asian.
    12% or 146 total occurrences were Black.
    6.3% or 77 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    2.4% or 30 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
    2.2% or 27 total occurrences were of two or more races.

Anagrams for lone »

  1. enol

  2. leno

  3. Leon

  4. León

  5. noel

  6. noël

  7. Noel

  8. Noël

  9. NOEL

  10. nole

  11. one L

  12. elon

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of lone in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of lone in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of lone in a Sentence

  1. Adam Houda:

    He was a very, very, very unusual guy, and he had no affiliations with any group. He operated alone. He was a lone wolf.

  2. Luis Soler:

    The lone survivor of this tragedy, a brave 9-year-old boy is doing as best as he can under the circumstances.

  3. Tim Albrecht:

    This will be a much-celebrated victory after a year and a half of bad headlines, the question is, will a lone victory be enough or will Chris Christie be able to parlay this into something bigger.

  4. Boris Johnson:

    Very disappointed to hear Burmese @Reuters journalists Kyaw Soe Oo and Wa Lone are now to face trial, reiterate my calls for their release: Burmese authorities must show their commitment to media freedom.

  5. Reuters Editor-in-Chief Stephen J. Adler:

    We are enormously pleased that Myanmar has released our courageous reporters, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo. Since their arrests 511 days ago, they have become symbols of the importance of press freedom around the world. We welcome their return.

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