stand-alone

See also: standalone

English

Alternative forms

• standalone

Etymology

From stand +‎ alone.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstænd.əˌləʊn/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Adjective

stand-alone (not comparable)

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

   They offer an inexpensive add-on for a computer, or a stand-alone system with all the functions built in.

Translations

operating without additions or assistance

• Belarusian: самасто́йны (be) (samastójny)
• Bulgarian: самостоятелен (bg) (samostojatelen), отделен (bg) (otdelen)
• Czech: samostatný (cs) m, soběstačný m
• French: autonome (fr)
• Galician: autónomo (gl)
• German: selbstständig (de), eigenständig (de), autark (de)
• Hungarian: önálló (hu), komplett (hu)
• Persian: قائم به خود, مستقل (fa)
• Polish: autonomiczny (pl) m, samodzielny (pl) m, niezależny (pl) m
• Romanian: de sine stătător
• Russian: автоно́мный (ru) (avtonómnyj), самостоя́тельный (ru) (samostojátelʹnyj), самодоста́точный (ru) (samodostátočnyj)
• Spanish: autónomo (es)
• Swedish: fristående (sv)
• Ukrainian: самості́йний (samostíjnyj)

See also

• freestanding

Noun

stand-alone (plural stand-alones)

1. (rare) A device that can operate on its own, rather than as an accessory for another device.
   • 1985, Carole Boggs Matthews, Martin S. Matthews, Word Processing for the IBM PC and PCjr and Compatible Computers‎^[1]:

     Standalone systems, also known as dedicated systems, are often thought to provide word processing cervices alone. In truth, some standalones — but not all of them — can be used for other functions as well.
     […]
     Also, some standalones can only be used for word processing; if you need other computer functions, you can't have them.

2. (by extension) Something that is not a part of some series or sequence.
   • 2014, DiAnn Mills, Firewall‎^[2]:

     This standalone will delight and draw readers of Christian romantic suspense like […]