alone

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

see also TOGETHER
- without another person: alone
I don't like walking home alone after dark.
- without another person or thing: (all) on your own, (all) by yourself
'Did anyone help you?' 'No, I did it all by myself.' ◎ The house stands on its own outside the village.
- the state of being alone: solitude (noun U); adjective: solitary
a life of solitude ◎ a solitary childhood
- a long way away from other people or things: isolated (from sb/sth); noun (U): isolation
an isolated village
※—† wanting to be alone
- if you try not to meet other people, you keep* (yourself) to yourself
My neighbours keep themselves to themselves - I hardly see them.
- when you do not touch or speak to sb, you leave* them alone
I wish you would leave me alone to make my own decisions.
- the state of being alone or away from people who may disturb you: privacy (noun U)
to respect a person's privacy
- if you do sth with no one else present, you do it in private, privately
Can I speak with you in private?
※ more on privacy PRIVATE
※—† not wanting to be alone
- if you are unhappy because you are not with other people, you are lonely; noun (U): loneliness
She had no friends and felt very lonely at her new school. ◎ the experience of loneliness in big cities
- the feeling of being too much away from other people or things: isolation (noun U)
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- done by one person, without anyone else helping: solo (adjective, adverb), single-handed (adjective, adverb)
to fly solo for the first time ◎ to sail the Atlantic single-handed

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  alone(p), unique, unequaled, unequalled, unparalleled, only, lone(a), lonely(a), solitary, solo, unaccompanied, entirely, exclusively, solely