[ˈsəʊləʊ], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- done by one person alone; unaccompanied
(e.g: he released his second solo album)


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Origin:
late 17th century (as a musical term): from Italian, from Latin solus ‘alone’

[ˈsəʊləʊ], (Adverb)

Definitions:
- for or by one person alone
(e.g: she'd spent most of her life flying solo)


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Origin:
late 17th century (as a musical term): from Italian, from Latin solus ‘alone’

[ˈsəʊləʊ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a piece or passage of vocal or instrumental music for one performer
(e.g: a blistering guitar solo)

- an unaccompanied flight by a pilot in an aircraft
(e.g: his first ride in his aircraft would also be his first solo)

- a card game resembling whist in which the players make bids and the highest bidder plays against the others in an attempt to win a specified number of tricks

- a motorbike without a sidecar
(e.g: 50 races—solos and sidecars—should make for a thrilling showdown)


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Origin:
late 17th century (as a musical term): from Italian, from Latin solus ‘alone’

[ˈsəʊləʊ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- perform a piece or passage of music unaccompanied or as the featured musician
(e.g: you're in danger of forgetting that you're accompanying rather than soloing)

- fly an aircraft unaccompanied
(e.g: she had been flying for twelve years and had soloed on her seventeenth birthday)


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Origin:
late 17th century (as a musical term): from Italian, from Latin solus ‘alone’