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# solitary

adjective (solitary); noun (solitary — informal for solitary confinement)

«solitary» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Solitary means alone, with no one else; a solitary animal lives on its own. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solitary/#m1)
2. Solitary means single, only one: a solitary tree. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solitary/#m2)
3. A solitary place is lonely and far from people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solitary/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science: solitary animals (tigers, bears) versus social animals (ants, wolves). In stories: a solitary figure on a hill. Phrases: solitary life, solitary confinement, a solitary tree.

### Examples

- Tigers are solitary animals. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solitary/#x1)
- A solitary tree stood in the field. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solitary/#x2)
- The lighthouse keeper lived a solitary life. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solitary/#x3)
- He went for a solitary walk on the beach. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solitary/#x4)
- Not a solitary person came to the shop all day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solitary/#x5)
- Some bees are solitary and do not live in hives. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solitary/#x6)
- A CERTAIN poor widow had one solitary Sheep. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solitary/#x7)

### Note

Similar: alone, lone, single. Opposite: social. Noun: solitude. Being solitary is being alone; being lonely is feeling sad about it — not the same.

## In Jewish tradition

It means alone or lonely. Lamentations says Jerusalem sits alone after the destruction, and a Psalm says God gives homes to the lonely.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads Lamentations as the cry of the ruined city, and the Psalm as God's care for the lonely.

### Examples

- HOW DOTH the city sit solitary, that was full of people! (Writings LAM.1.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/solitary/#x1)
- Turn Thee unto me, and be gracious unto me; for I am solitary and afflicted. (Writings PSA.25.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/solitary/#x2)
- God maketh the solitary to dwell in a house; He bringeth out the prisoners into prosperity; the rebellious dwell but in a parched land. (Writings PSA.68.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/solitary/#x3)

### Note

Similar: alone, lone, single. Opposite: social. Noun: solitude. Being solitary is being alone; being lonely is feeling sad about it — not the same.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «solitary» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solitary/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- [Trees and pragmatics of «solitary» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/solitary/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«solitary» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/solitary.html) on Mova free.