sol|i|tude

sol|i|tude
sol|i|tude «SOL uh tood, -tyood», noun.
1. a being alone: »

He likes company and hates solitude.

2. a lonely place: »

This forest is a solitude.

3. loneliness: »

to travel through regions of solitude.

╂[perhaps < Old French solitude, learned borrowing from Latin sōlitūdō < sōlus alone]
Synonym Study 1 Solitude, isolation mean a state of being alone. Solitude, applying to a state of being either where there are no other people for company or cut off voluntarily or involuntarily from those around, emphasizes aloneness, the fact or feeling of being entirely by oneself, without companions: »

Both the prospector in the desert and the shy person in the city live in solitude.

Isolation emphasizes being separated from others or standing apart from the rest of the world: »

A single mountain peak rose in splendid isolation.


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  • sol — ab·sol·vi·tor; ace·to·sol·u·ble; aero·sol; aero·sol·i·za·tion; aero·sol·ize; al·co·sol; chry·sol·i·na; chry·sol·o·phus; con·sol; con·sol·a·ble; con·sol·i·da·tion·ist; con·sol·ing·ly; cor·ti·sol; cre·o·sol; cre·sol; dis·sol·u·bil·i·ty;… …   English syllables

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  • solitude — sol|i|tude [ˈsɔlıtju:d US ˈsa:lıtu:d] n [U] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: Latin solitudo, from solus; SOLE1] when you are alone, especially when this is what you enjoy →↑loneliness in solitude ▪ Carl spent the morning in solitude. ▪ the …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • solitude — sol|i|tude [ salə,tud ] noun uncount the state of being completely alone, especially when this is pleasant or relaxing …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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  • Géographie De La Charente — Le département de la Charente a été découpé selon des critères géographiques: le bassin supérieur et moyen du fleuve homonyme qui le traverse. Il fait partie de la région Poitou Charentes …   Wikipédia en Français

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