solo

so|lo¹ [ˈsəuləu US ˈsoulou] adj [only before noun]

1.) done alone without anyone else helping you

solo flight/voyage/ascent

▪ Ridgeway's solo voyage across the Atlantic

▪ the first solo ascent of Everest

▪ a solo effort

2.) relating to a record or piece of music that is performed by a single musician, not a group

▪ a solo album

▪ a solo passage for viola

>solo adv

▪ When did you first fly solo?

▪ Amos quit the company, determined to go solo (=work for himself) .

solo ²

solo² plural solos

n

[Date: 1600-1700; : Italian; Origin: solo 'alone', from Latin solus; SOLE¹]

1.) a piece of music for one performer

→↑duet, trio ↑trio

▪ a gorgeous piano solo

2.) when someone flies or does an activity alone

▪ his first solo

solo ³

solo³ v [I]

1.) to perform a solo in a piece of music

▪ Brokaw solos brilliantly on this album.

2.) to fly an aircraft alone