You use solo to indicate that someone does something alone rather than with other people.
He had just completed his final solo album.
...his spectacular solo goal.
She had long since quit the band for a solo career.
Solo is also an adverb.
Charles Lindbergh became the very first person to fly solo across the Atlantic.
2. countable noun
A solo is a piece of music or a dance performed by one person.
The original version featured a guitar solo.
More Synonyms of solo
solo in British English
(ˈsəʊləʊ)
nounWord forms: plural-los
1. Word forms: plural-los or -li (-liː)
a musical composition for one performer with or without accompaniment
2.
any of various card games in which each person plays on his or her own instead of in partnership with another, such as solo whist
3.
a flight in which an aircraft pilot is unaccompanied
4.
a.
any performance, mountain climb, or other undertaking carried out by an individual without assistance from others
b.
(as modifier)
a solo attempt
adjective
5. music
unaccompanied
a sonata for cello solo
adverb
6.
by oneself; alone
to fly solo
verb
7. (intransitive)
to undertake a venture alone, esp to operate an aircraft alone or climb alone
Word origin
C17: via Italian from Latin sōlus alone, sole1
solo in American English
(ˈsoʊloʊ)
nounWord forms: pluralˈsolos or ˈsoli (ˈsoʊli)
1.
a.
a musical piece or passage played or sung by one person, with or without accompaniment
b.
a performance of such a piece or passage
c.
a dance, pantomime, etc., for performance by one person
2.
an airplane flight made by a pilot alone, without an assistant, instructor, etc.
3.
any performance by one person alone
4.
any of several card games in which each person plays, or a person may choose to play, alone against the others, without a partner
adjective
5.
designed for or performed by a single voice, person, or instrument
6.
performing a solo
adverb
7.
without another or others; alone
verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈsoloed or ˈsoloing
8.
to perform a solo
9.
to make a solo flight
Word origin
It < L solus, alone, sole1
Examples of 'solo' in a sentence
solo
Is there going to be another solo?
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
In the same year he gave his first solo dance recital.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
He took one solo himself and ensured that each of his colleagues was featured just enough.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
We also have two big female solo performances to look forward to.
The Sun (2010)
Going solo in any aeroplane is alarming.
Patrick Bishop FIGHTER BOYS: Saving Britain 1940 (2003)
You can go it solo and complete quests or fight in player vs player.
The Sun (2014)
By their solo albums shall ye know them.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Nor did it take into account any solo performances.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
She is only the eighth woman to have rowed across an ocean solo.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Yet it was another eight years before the first solo flight.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Today he is due to become the youngest person to fly solo around the world.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Almost scored after a good solo run.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
He bolstered himself with endless guitar solos.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Yet they are far from flying solo.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
During this period he morphed into a solo artist.
The Sun (2016)
She went on to have a successful career as a solo singer.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Would a solo project feel like a betrayal?
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
It can be worn solo once temperatures climb.
The Sun (2016)
Two solo pieces give him more scope.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
But after a year of trying it seems increasingly unlikely anyone will now take her on as a solo chart star.
The Sun (2010)
It's much more difficult as a solo performer.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Probably for the best, as it allows more time for his solo radio ventures.
The Sun (2010)
But after leaving the band her solo career stalled and in 2004 she successfully reinvented herself as an actress.
The Sun (2014)
It's like when people ask if I am going to do a solo record.
The Sun (2014)
But demand for solo cello recitals was not great, and although Greenhouse was well received by the critics he struggled to find an outlet for his gifts.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
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In other languages
solo
British English: solo /ˈsəʊləʊ/ NOUN
A solo is a piece of music or a dance performed by one person.
The original version featured a guitar solo.
American English: solo
Arabic: عَمَلٌ مُنْفَرِد
Brazilian Portuguese: solo música
Chinese: 独奏曲
Croatian: solo
Czech: sólo
Danish: solo
Dutch: solo
European Spanish: solo
Finnish: soolo
French: solo
German: Solo Musik
Greek: σόλο
Italian: assolo
Japanese: ソロ
Korean: 독주 혼자
Norwegian: solo
Polish: solo
European Portuguese: solo música
Romanian: solo
Russian: соло
Latin American Spanish: solo
Swedish: solouppträdande
Thai: เพลงร้องเดี่ยว
Turkish: tek başına
Ukrainian: соло
Vietnamese: bản độc tấu
British English: solo ADJECTIVE
You use solo to indicate that someone does something alone rather than with other people.
He had just completed his final solo album.
American English: solo
Brazilian Portuguese: sozinho
Chinese: 单独的
European Spanish: en solitario
French: solo
German: Solo-
Italian: solistaalbum, strumento
Japanese: ソロの
Korean: 혼자서 하는
European Portuguese: sozinho
Latin American Spanish: en solitario
All related terms of 'solo'
Solo man
a type of early human, Homo soloensis, of late Pleistocene times, having a skull resembling that of Neanderthal man but with a smaller cranial capacity
solo stop
any of various organ stops designed to imitate a solo performance on a particular musical instrument
solo album
An album is a collection of songs that is available for download , or as a CD or record. You can also refer to the CD or record as an album .
solo artist
An artist is a performer such as a musician , actor, or dancer.
solo career
A career is the job or profession that someone does for a long period of their life.
solo mother
a mother with a dependent child or dependent children and no spouse
solo parent
a person who has a dependent child or dependent children and who is widowed , divorced , or unmarried
solo whist
a version of whist for four players acting independently, each of whom may bid to win or lose a fixed number of tricks before play starts , trumps having usually been decided by cutting
single parent
A single parent is someone who is bringing up a child on their own, because the other parent is not living with them.
Chinese translation of 'solo'
solo
(ˈsəuləu)
n(c)
(= piece of music) 独(獨)奏 (dúzòu)
(= song) 独(獨)唱 (dúchàng)
(= dance) 独(獨)舞 (dúwǔ) (段, duàn)
adj
(= flight, album, career) 单(單)独(獨)的 (dāndú de)
adv
[fly, play, perform]单(單)独(獨)地 (dāndú de)
(adjective)
Definition
performed by an individual without assistance
He completed a solo flight around the world in 1933.
Synonyms
unaccompanied
Kelly's too young to go unaccompanied.
independent
single-handed
lonely
lonely people who just want to talk
solitary
Paul was a shy, pleasant, solitary man.
unattended
Never leave young children unattended.
unescorted
unchaperoned
(adverb)
Definition
by oneself
He became the very first person to fly solo across the Atlantic.
Synonyms
unaccompanied
independently
helping disabled students to live and study independently
single-handedly
alone
He was working alone, and did not have an accomplice.
unattended
unescorted
unchaperoned
under your own steam
The most reliable form of transport is provided by moving under your own steam.
by your own efforts
companionless
Additional synonyms
in the sense of alone
Definition
without anyone or anything else
He was working alone, and did not have an accomplice.
Synonyms
by yourself,
independently,
unaided,
unaccompanied,
without help,
on your own,
unassisted,
without assistance,
under your own steam
in the sense of independently
helping disabled students to live and study independently
Synonyms
separately,
alone,
solo,
on your own,
by yourself,
unaided,
individually,
autonomously,
under your own steam
in the sense of lonely
Definition
unhappy as a result of solitude
lonely people who just want to talk
Synonyms
solitary,
alone,
isolated,
abandoned,
lone,
withdrawn,
single,
estranged,
outcast,
forsaken,
forlorn,
destitute,
by yourself,
lonesome (US, Canadian),
friendless,
companionless
Synonyms of 'solo'
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Additional synonyms
in the sense of solitary
Definition
having few friends
Paul was a shy, pleasant, solitary man.
Synonyms
unsociable,
retiring,
reclusive,
unsocial,
isolated,
lonely,
cloistered,
lonesome (US, Canadian),
friendless,
companionless,
hermitical
in the sense of unattended
Definition
not being watched or looked after
Never leave young children unattended.
Synonyms
alone,
on your own,
unaccompanied,
unescorted,
unwatched
in the sense of under your own steam
The most reliable form of transport is provided by moving under your own steam.