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- [sohl]
- /soʊl/
- /səʊl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [sohl]
- /soʊl/
Definitions of sole word
- adjective sole being the only one; only: the sole living relative. 1
- adjective sole being the only one of the kind; unique; unsurpassed; matchless: the sole brilliance of the gem. 1
- adjective sole belonging or pertaining to one individual or group to the exclusion of all others; exclusive: the sole right to the estate. 1
- adjective sole functioning automatically or with independent power: the sole authority. 1
- adjective sole Chiefly Law. unmarried; not married. 1
- adjective sole without company or companions; lonely: the sole splendor of her life. 1
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Origin of sole
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; < Latin sōlus alone; replacing Middle English soule alone < Old French sol < Latin sōlus
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Parts of speech for Sole
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
sole popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
sole usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for sole
adv sole
adj sole
- alone — When you are alone, you are not with any other people.
- anti-social — Someone who is anti-social is unwilling to meet and be friendly with other people.
- by oneself — be oneself, to be in one's normal state of mind or physical condition. to be unaffected and sincere: One makes more friends by being oneself than by putting on airs.
- cliquish — If you describe a group of people or their behavior as cliquish, you mean they spend their time only with other members of the group and seem unfriendly towards people who are not in the group.
- diacritic — a sign placed above or below a character or letter to indicate that it has a different phonetic value, is stressed, or for some other reason
noun sole
- bottom — The bottom of something is the lowest or deepest part of it.
- indivisibilities — not divisible; not separable into parts; incapable of being divided: one nation indivisible.
- indivisibility — not divisible; not separable into parts; incapable of being divided: one nation indivisible.
- integrality — of, relating to, or belonging as a part of the whole; constituent or component: integral parts.
- coadunation — (obsolete) union into a single body or mass; unity.
adjective sole
- eremetic — Of or pertaining to eremites, reclusive, isolated.
- exclusive — An item or story published or broadcast by only one source.
- exclusory — Having the power or the function of excluding.
- husbandless — Without a husband.
- individual — a single human being, as distinguished from a group.
adverb sole
- widowed — a woman who has lost her spouse by death and has not remarried.
Antonyms for sole
adj sole
- diversiform — differing in form; of various forms.
- manifold — of many kinds; numerous and varied: manifold duties.
- multifold — numerous and varied; greatly diverse; manifold.
adjective sole
- multivarious — Many and various.
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