Definitions
Wiktionary
- adj. Operating, functioning, or existing without additions or assistance; independent; able to be separate or separated.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. capable of operating independently
Etymologies
- From stand + alone. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The type of system that Mr. Ditmeyer and others favor, referred to as stand-alone PTC, would in theory increase the capacity of the rail network by making it safe for trains to operate closer together.”
“While technology in the narrowest sense can be characterized as stand-alone, explicit knowledge that is closely held and easily contained, technological competence is different.”
“At least a piece of the answer can be found in the earliest uses of job.2 When it was first employed in English in the mid-sixteenth century, job was not a stand-alone word.”
“Halliburton Co., which spun off KBR in 2007 as a stand-alone company, is also named in the suit.”
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“The intervention is designed to ensure that Dubai Bank's business continues uninterrupted while options for the bank's future, whether to be run on a stand-alone basis or be potentially merged with another bank in which the government has ownership, are being assessed," the Dubai government said.”
“SwoonXO is available as a stand-alone website and Facebook application.”
“Army -- a stand-alone entity under the Department of”
“However, a sale could occur in the future if the education business becomes a stand-alone unit, the people added.”
“But it's a stand-alone novel aimed at adults, which makes it less likely to become a major franchise.”
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Adjectively used nominal phrases with a "-" inside.
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