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solo
[ soh-loh ]
noun
- a musical composition or a passage or section in a musical composition written for performance by one singer or instrumentalist, with or without accompaniment:
She sang a solo.
- any performance, as a dance, by one person.
- a flight in an airplane during which the pilot is unaccompanied by an instructor or other person:
I'll be ready for my first solo next week.
- a person who works, acts, or performs alone:
He used to sing with a quartet, but now he's a solo.
- a person who performs or accomplishes something without the usual equipment, tools, etc.
- Informal. an announcement, commercial offering, etc., made to only one person or a selected group of such persons:
Each month the firm sends a solo to its best customers.
- Cards. any of certain games in which one person plays alone against others.
adjective
- Music. performing alone:
a part for solo bassoon.
- performed alone; not combined with other parts of equal importance; not concerted.
- alone; without a companion or partner:
a solo flight.
adverb
- on one's own; alone or unaccompanied:
After six lessons he was flying solo.
verb (used without object)
- to perform or do a solo:
to solo on the trumpet.
- to pilot a plane, glider, etc., unaccompanied, especially for the first time:
After the course the students should be able to solo.
- to perform or accomplish something by oneself.
verb (used with object)
- to pilot (a plane, glider, etc.) unaccompanied.
- to allow (a student pilot) to pilot a plane, glider, etc., alone:
The instructor decided to solo the student.
solo
/ ˈəʊəʊ /
noun
- -Dz--ː a musical composition for one performer with or without accompaniment
- any of various card games in which each person plays on his own instead of in partnership with another, such as solo whist
- a flight in which an aircraft pilot is unaccompanied
- any performance, mountain climb, or other undertaking carried out by an individual without assistance from others
- ( as modifier )
a solo attempt
adjective
- music unaccompanied
a sonata for cello solo
adverb
- by oneself; alone
to fly solo
verb
- intr to undertake a venture alone, esp to operate an aircraft alone or climb alone
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of solo1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of solo1
Example Sentences
With “MAMA” his solo effort contribution to Wings, he stretched himself as a vocalist leveraging the soulful qualities of his voice in a tribute to his mother.
If I’m going somewhere that’s really remote, especially if I’m solo, I’m going to bring it with me.
When the centerpiece solo hits, Givens is like a golden retriever with his head out of the car window, jowls flapping in the wind.
From the chaos backstage through Selena’s solo walk through a curtain to the rapture of her adoring fans, it’s just the first of the film’s string of pure Hollywood moments.”
An explorer has completed her attempt to become the first woman to solo traverse across Canada's largest island.
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