{
    "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."
}