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'alone' - used as an adjective
1. isolated from others
could be alone in a crowded room
was alone with her thoughts
I want to be alone
2. lacking companions or companionship
he was alone when we met him
she is alone much of the time
3. exclusive of anyone or anything else
she alone believed him
cannot live by bread alone
4. radically distinctive and without equal
he is alone in the field of microbiology
this theory is altogether alone in its penetration of the problem

'alone' - used as a adverb
5. without any others being included or involved
the burden of proof rests on the prosecution alone
6. without anybody else
the child stayed home alone
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