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{
"term": "alone",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective, adverb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "without any other people",
"sensetop": "not alone inbe alone with somebody/something",
"labels": "North American English",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Tom is not alone in finding Rick hard to work with.",
"contextForm": "not alone in"
},
{
"text": "She waited until she was alone with him to speak.",
"contextForm": "be alone with somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "He was afraid of being alone with his thoughts."
},
{
"text": "He **lives alone**."
},
{
"text": "She was sitting **all alone** in the hall."
},
{
"text": "Finally the two of us were alone together."
},
{
"text": "I don't like going out alone at night."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "sit", "stand"],
"adverb": ["very much", "all", "completely"],
"preposition": ["with"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "without the help of other people or things",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "It's hard bringing up children alone."
},
{
"text": "The assassin said he had **acted alone**."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "sit", "stand"],
"adverb": ["very much", "all", "completely"],
"preposition": ["with"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "lonely and unhappy or without any friends",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Carol **felt all alone** in the world."
},
{
"text": "I've been so alone since you went away."
},
{
"text": "He felt lost and completely alone."
},
{
"text": "I felt vulnerable and very much alone."
},
{
"text": "I've never felt so alone as I do now."
}
],
"topics": ["Feelings"],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "sit", "stand"],
"adverb": ["very much", "all", "completely"],
"preposition": ["with"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "used after a noun or pronoun to show that the person or thing mentioned is the only one",
"examples": [
{
"text": "You can't blame anyone else; you alone made the decision."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "used after a noun or pronoun to emphasize one particular thing",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The shoes alone cost £200."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to do something without help from anyone",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Andrew decided to go it alone and start his own business."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to stop annoying somebody or trying to get their attention",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She's asked to be left alone but the press photographers follow her everywhere."
},
{
"text": "Don't touch me! Leave me alone!"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to stop touching, changing, or moving something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I've told you before—leave my things alone!"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used after a statement to emphasize that because the first thing is not true or possible, the next thing cannot be true or possible either",
"examples": [
{
"text": "There isn't enough room for us, let alone any guests."
},
{
"text": "I didn’t have any clothes, let alone a passport."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to be independent or not connected with other people, organizations or ideas",
"examples": [
{
"text": "These islands are too small to stand alone as independent states."
},
{
"text": "The problems that research is designed to solve do not stand alone, but are part of a wider context."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to be not near other objects or buildings",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The arch once stood alone at the entrance to the castle."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to say that you will have to wait for some time to find out the result of a situation",
"labels": "(saying)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Only time will tell if the treatment has been successful."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈləʊn/",
"audio": "al/alone/alone__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈləʊn/",
"audio": "al/alone/alone__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from all + one."
}