Definitions

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

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  • adjective capable of operating independently

Etymologies

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From stand + alone.

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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.

    The Little Engine Really Could 2011

  • 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.

    Profiting From Innovation William G. Howard 1992

  • 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.

    Profiting From Innovation William G. Howard 1992

  • 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.

    Profiting From Innovation William G. Howard 1992

  • 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.

    Profiting From Innovation William G. Howard 1992

  • 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.

    Profiting From Innovation William G. Howard 1992

  • Medicare Advantage insurance plans in 2012 and also boosted their use of insurance plans linked with large pharmacy chains for what's called stand-alone prescription drug plans PDPs.

    unknown title 2012

  • 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.

    The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

  • 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.

    The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

  • Halliburton Co., which spun off KBR in 2007 as a stand-alone company, is also named in the suit.

    Troops in Mideast Face Breathing Ills Shirley S. Wang 2011

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