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solo
/ˈsoʊ.loʊ/
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What does solo mean?
noun
- A piece of music for one performer.
- A job or performance done by one person alone.
- A card game similar to whist in which each player plays against the others in turn without a partner
More meanings (10)
noun
- A single shot of espresso.
- An instance of soloing the football.
adjective
- Without a companion or instructor.
- Of, or relating to, a musical solo.
adverb
- Alone, without a companion.
verb
- To perform a solo.
- To perform something in the absence of anyone else.
- To drop the ball and then toe-kick it upward into the hands.
- (slang) To independently perform an action, especially a challenging task.
proper noun
- A surname
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈsoʊ.loʊ/
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A solo of flowers is interesting, but in a concerto with painting and sculpture the combination becomes entrancing.
The dances fall into two chief classes, namely, solo dances and those in which many persons take part.
More book examples (3)
Then followed a cornet solo, concert piece of cornet, violin, and piano, and a very beautiful duet of cornet and piano.
I remember it well, for as we dismounted to look at the dead beast the cornet solo, "Take a pair of sparkling eyes," began.
The robins are not good solo singers, but their chorus, as, like primitive fire-worshippers, they hail the return of light and warmth to the world, is unrivalled.