| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| VERB: | To make a choice from a number of alternatives. Also used with out: choose, cull, elect, opt (for), pick (out), select. See CHOICE. | | ADJECTIVE: | 1. Lacking the company of others: alone, companionless, lone, lonely, lonesome, solitary, unaccompanied. See INCLUDE. 2. Not divided among or shared with others: exclusive, sole. See INCLUDE. 3. Being or related to a distinct entity: discrete, individual, particular, separate, singular. See INCLUDE. 4. Alone in a given category: lone, one, only, particular, separate, singular, sole, solitary, unique. Idioms: first and last, one and only. See INCLUDE. 5. Without a spouse: fancy-free, footloose, lone, sole, spouseless, unattached, unmarried, unwed. Idioms: footloose and fancy-free. See MARRIAGE.
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