lone
pronunciation
How to pronounce lone in British English:
UK [ləʊn]
How to pronounce lone in American English:
US [loʊn]
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- Adjective:
- lacking companions or companionship
- characterized by or preferring solitude in mode of life
- being the only one; single and isolated from others
Word Origin
- lone (adj.)
- late 14c., "having no companion, solitary," shortening of alone (q.v.) by weakening of stress or else by misdivision of what is properly all one. The Lone Star in reference to "Texas" is first recorded 1843, from its flag. Lone wolf in the figurative sense is 1909, American English.
Example
- 1. Lone goatherds sit in the heat , watching .
- 2. America is no longer a lone ranger .
- 3. The only sign of life is a lone security camera .
- 4. That leaves rupert murdoch as virtually the lone defender of the uk newspapers in the empire .
- 5. Driving south from sunan airport toward pyongyang a lone vehicle on the road caught my eye .