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Meaning of lone

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  lone
      adj 1: 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"
             [syn: {alone(p)}, {lone(a)}, {lonely(a)}, {solitary}]
      2: characterized by or preferring solitude; "a lone wolf"; "a
         lonely existence"; "a man of a solitary disposition"; "a
         solitary walk" [syn: {lone(a)}, {lonely(a)}, {solitary}]
      3: 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" [syn:
         {lone(a)}, {lonesome(a)}, {only(a)}, {sole(a)},
         {solitary(a)}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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