adj, adv, name, noun, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A piece of music for one performer.
2. 2
   a flight in which the aircraft pilot is unaccompanied wordnet
3. 3
   A job or performance done by one person alone.
4. 4
   any activity that is performed alone without assistance wordnet
5. 5
   A card game similar to whist in which each player plays against the others in turn without a partner

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6. 6
   a musical composition for one voice or instrument (with or without accompaniment) wordnet
7. 7
   A single shot of espresso.
8. 8
   An instance of soloing the football.

Verb

1. 1
   To perform a solo.
2. 2
   perform a piece written for a single instrument wordnet
3. 3
   To perform something in the absence of anyone else.
4. 4
   fly alone, without a co-pilot or passengers wordnet
5. 5
   To drop the ball and then toe-kick it upward into the hands.

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6. 6
   To independently perform an action, especially a challenging task. slang

Adjective

1. 1
   Without a companion or instructor. not-comparable
2. 2
   Of, or relating to, a musical solo. not-comparable

Adjective

1. 1
   composed or performed by a single voice or instrument wordnet

Adverb

1. 1
   Alone, without a companion. not-comparable

   "Two of us wearing raincoats / Standing solo / In the sun"

Adverb

1. 1
   without anybody else or anything else wordnet

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A surname

Synonyms

All synonyms

unaccompaniedairairliftalienatedalonealone

Antonyms

All antonyms

bandduelgroupparty

Example

More examples

"The concert began with a piano solo."

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian solo, from Latin sōlus, probably related to se (“himself”).

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