Definition of Stand-alone

1. Adjective. Capable of operating independently.

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Definition of Stand-alone

1. Adjective. Operating, functioning, or existing without additions or assistance; independent; able to be separate or separated. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stand-alone

stanchels
stancher
stanchers
stanches
stanchest
stanching
stanchion
stanchioned
stanchioning
stanchions
stanchless
stanchly
stanchness
stanck
stand-alone (current term)
stand-down
stand-in
stand-ins
stand-off
stand-offish
stand-offishly
stand-out
stand-to
stand-up
stand-up comedy
stand-up guy
stand-ups
stand a chance
stand and deliver

Literary usage of Stand-alone

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"... loud to these he call'd Enkindling, and address'd his winged words : " Friends, hither haste, and help, where now I stand Alone against ..."

2. The Diplomatic Relations of England with the Quadruple Alliance, 1815-1830 by Louis Calvert, Myrna M. Boyce, Paul Padgette (1918)
"CHAPTER VI THE ART OF DOING NOTHING One Actor Cannot Stand Alone—Supplementing the Speeches of Others—Sweet Nell of Old Drury and The Lady of ..."

3. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1861)
"I by no means stand alone in my view, although В writer of the art. Jezebel in Smith's Diet, of the Bible, has the following note : — "Amongst the Spanish ..."

4. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1918)
"cases not only the length of the time, but must stand alone and be considered on its also the circumstances, are taken into individual merits. ..."

5. First Steps in Mental Growth: A Series of Studies in the Psychology of Infancy by David R. Major (1906)
"Then, he stood unsupported two or three seconds, but was unsteady and seemed afraid of falling. He learned to stand alone rapidly, so that a note ..."

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