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alone

/əˈləʊn/uh-LOHN
/əˈloʊn/uh-LOHN

Meaningentirely one

Common meaning: without other people

Journey through time

  1. Old English-asourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishal one‘entirely one’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsentirely one → without other peoplealone‘without other people’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English -a ‘entirely one’.

Roots

  • -a Old English “entirely one”

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