solitary

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim One who lives alone, or in solitude; an anchorite, hermit or recluse.

   “He brooded and intrigued fantastically. He was becoming one of the big-time solitaries. And he wasn't meant to be a solitary. He was meant to be in active life, a social creature.”

2. isim Ellipsis of solitary confinement.

   “The prisoners who started the riot were moved to solitary.”

3. isim The state of being solitary; solitude

   “You must wonder why I'm relentless and all strung out/I'm consumed by the chill of solitary”

4. sıfat Living or being by oneself; alone; having no companion present

   “The solitary, lumbering trolls of Scandinavian mythology would sometimes be turned to stone by exposure to sunlight. Barack Obama is hoping that several measures announced on June 4th will have a similarly paralysing effect on their modern incarnation, the patent troll.”

5. sıfat Performed, passed, or endured alone.

   “a solitary journey”

6. sıfat Not much visited or frequented; remote from society

   “a solitary residence or place”

7. sıfat Not inhabited or occupied; without signs of inhabitants or occupation; desolate; deserted

   “the solitary desert”

8. sıfat Gloomy; dismal, because of not being inhabited.
9. sıfat Single; individual; sole.

   “a solitary example”

10. sıfat Not associated with others of the same kind.
11. isim Archaic form of solitaire (“Rodrigues solitaire”).