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ALONE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Radically distinctive and without equal
Example:
a breakdown of law unparalleled in our history
Synonyms:
alone; unequaled; unequalled; unique; unparalleled
Classified under:
Similar:
incomparable; uncomparable (such that comparison is impossible; unsuitable for comparison or lacking features that can be compared)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Exclusive of anyone or anything else
Example:
I'll have this car and this car only
Synonyms:
alone; only
Classified under:
Similar:
exclusive (excluding much or all; especially all but a particular group or minority)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Isolated from others
Example:
I want to be alone
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
unsocial (not seeking or given to association; being or living without companions)
Derivation:
aloneness (a disposition toward being alone)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Lacking companions or companionship
Example:
a solitary traveler
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
unaccompanied (being without an escort)
Derivation:
aloneness (a disposition toward being alone)
II. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Without any others being included or involved
Example:
a privilege granted only to him
Synonyms:
alone; entirely; exclusively; only; solely
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Sense 2
Meaning:
Without anybody else or anything else
Example:
he flew solo
Synonyms:
alone; solo; unaccompanied
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Pertainym:
alone (lacking companions or companionship)
Context examples:
Still Ivan doubted, and ordered two of his Slavonian hunters to go up alone.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
When Jane and Elizabeth were alone, the former, who had been cautious in her praise of Mr. Bingley before, expressed to her sister just how very much she admired him.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
This you alone can do, and I demand it of you as a right which you must not refuse to concede.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
The captain's order to mount at once and ride for Doctor Livesey would have left my mother alone and unprotected, which was not to be thought of.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Compared to paclitaxel alone, the nanodispersion-based formulation uses less toxic solvents and allows for administration of higher doses resulting in higher concentrations of paclitaxel at the tumor site, and an increased safety profile.
(Paclitaxel Injection Concentrate for Nanodispersion, NCI Thesaurus)
Compared to paclitaxel alone, pegylated paclitaxel has an enhanced water solubility leading to an increase in bioavailability, and decreases its toxicity profile.
(Pegylated Paclitaxel, NCI Thesaurus)
Accordingly, this agent maybe more potent compared to an agent that inhibits either PI3K kinase or mTOR kinase alone.
(PI3K/mTOR Dual Kinase Inhibitor XL765, NCI Thesaurus)
A large p-value usually means that the difference between groups is probably due to chance alone.
(P-value, NCI Dictionary)
It alone or in concert with other changes, converts the cell into a tumor cell.
(Oncogene, NCI Thesaurus)
Altogether, this may result in greater intracellular concentration of paclitaxel, and enhanced cytotoxicity against tumor cells, when compared to the administration of paclitaxel alone.
(Oraxol, NCI Thesaurus)
