Definitions for SOLOˈsoʊ loʊ

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

so•lo*ˈsoʊ loʊ(n.)(pl.)-los or, for 1 , -li

  1. (n.)a musical composition or a part in such a composition for one performer with or without accompaniment.

    Category: Music and Dance

  2. any performance, as a dance, by one person.

    Category: Music and Dance

  3. a flight in an airplane during which the pilot is unaccompanied by any other person.

    Category: Aeronautics

  4. a person who works, acts, or performs alone.

    Category: Common Vocabulary

  5. any card game in which one person plays alone against others.

    Category: Games

  6. (adj.)of, pertaining to, or being a solo.

    Category: Music and Dance

  7. (adv.)on one's own; alone:

    flying solo.

  8. (v.i.)to perform or be a solo.

    Category: Music and Dance

  9. to pilot an airplane by oneself.

    Category: Common Vocabulary, Aeronautics

* (-lē).

Origin of solo:

1685–95; < It < L sōlus alone

So•loˈsoʊ loʊ(n.)

  1. Category: Geography (places)

    Ref: former name of Surakarta .

Princeton's WordNet

  1. solo(noun)

    any activity that is performed alone without assistance

  2. solo(noun)

    a musical composition for one voice or instrument (with or without accompaniment)

  3. solo(adj)

    a flight in which the aircraft pilot is unaccompanied

  4. solo(verb)

    composed or performed by a single voice or instrument

    "a passage for solo clarinet"

  5. solo(verb)

    fly alone, without a co-pilot or passengers

  6. solo(adverb)

    perform a piece written for a single instrument

  7. alone, solo, unaccompanied(adverb)

    without anybody else or anything else

    "the child stayed home alone"; "the pillar stood alone, supporting nothing"; "he flew solo"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. solo(adjective)ˈsoʊ loʊ

    done by just one person

    a solo performance; his first solo flight; I also occasionally play and sing solo.

  2. solo(noun)ˈsoʊ loʊ

    a musical performance in which just one person plays or sings

    She sang a beautiful solo.

Wiktionary

  1. solo(Noun)

    A piece of music for one performer.

  2. solo(Noun)

    A job or performance done by one person alone.

  3. solo(Noun)

    A card game similar to whist in which each player plays against the others in turn without a partner.

  4. solo(Noun)

    A single shot of espresso.

  5. solo(Verb)

    To perform a solo.

  6. solo(Verb)

    To perform something in the absence of anyone else.

  7. solo(Adjective)

    Without a companion or instructor.

  8. solo(Adjective)

    Of, or relating to, a musical solo.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Solo(adj)

    a tune, air, strain, or a whole piece, played by a single person on an instrument, or sung by a single voice


Translations for SOLO

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

solo(adjective)

in which only one takes part

a solo flight in an aeroplane.

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