solo
adjective
[ ˈsəʊləʊ ]
• done by one person alone; unaccompanied.
• "he released his second solo album"
Similar:
unaccompanied,
single-handed,
companionless,
unescorted,
unattended,
unchaperoned,
independent,
lonely,
solitary,
alone,
all alone,
on one's own,
by oneself/itself,
without companions,
in a solitary state,
single,
sole,
single-handedly,
unaided,
by one's own efforts,
independently,
under one's own steam,
Opposite:
accompanied,
in company,
with help,
solo
adverb
• for or by one person alone.
• "she'd spent most of her life flying solo"
solo
noun
• a piece or passage of vocal or instrumental music for one performer.
• "a blistering guitar solo"
• an unaccompanied flight by a pilot in an aircraft.
• "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.
• "50 races—solos and sidecars—should make for a thrilling showdown"
solo
verb
• perform a piece or passage of music unaccompanied or as the featured musician.
• "you're in danger of forgetting that you're accompanying rather than soloing"
• fly an aircraft unaccompanied.
• "she had been flying for twelve years and had soloed on her seventeenth birthday"
Origin:
late 17th century (as a musical term): from Italian, from Latin solus ‘alone’.
