Solo Definition

sōlō
soli, soloed, soloing, solos
noun
solos
A musical piece or passage played or sung by one person, with or without accompaniment.
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A performance of such a piece or passage.
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A dance, pantomime, etc., for performance by one person.
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An airplane flight made by a pilot alone, without an assistant, instructor, etc.
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Any of several card games in which each person plays, or a person may choose to play, alone against the others, without a partner.
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Synonyms:
  • one-person show
  • unaccompanied performance
  • solo flight
  • single part
  • pas seul (French)
  • aria
adjective
Designed for or performed by a single voice, person, or instrument.
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Made or done by a single individual.
American Heritage
Performing a solo.
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Without a companion or instructor.
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Synonyms:
adverb
Without another or others; alone.
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Synonyms:
verb
soloed, soloing, solos
To perform a solo.
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To make a solo flight.
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To fly an airplane without a companion or an instructor, especially for the first time.
American Heritage
To perform something in the absence of anyone else.
Wiktionary

(Gaelic football) To drop the ball and then toe-kick it upward into the hands.

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Other Word Forms of Solo

Noun

Singular:
solo
Plural:
solos

Origin of Solo

  • From Italian solo, from Latin solus, probably related to se (“himself").

    From Wiktionary

  • Italian from Latin sōlus alone s(w)e- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Solo Sentence Examples

  • Her first solo swing was surprisingly successful.

  • I guess we have to trust him, but I wish he'd stop going solo and confide in us.

  • Thus there was quite as much important solo music for the flute as for the violin; and almost more music for the viola da gamba than for the violoncello.

  • My heart was beating like a Gene Krupa solo.

  • Haydn's numerous examples of independent violoncello melodies are almost all either marked solo or written for such small orchestras that they would be played as solos.

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Words Starting With

SSOSOL

Words Ending With

OLOOLO

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Words Starting With S and Ending With O

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