solo
noun (a solo, solos); adjective (a solo flight); adverb (fly solo)
Everyday
- A piece of music, dance or a performance done by one person alone. tree →
- (adjective) Done by one person without help: a solo trip. tree →
- (adverb) Alone: She sailed solo round the world. tree →
In the lessons
In music lessons, a pupil sings a solo in the concert. In everyday life, going solo means doing something by yourself. Phrases: a guitar solo, go solo, fly solo.
Examples
- Amy sang a solo in the school concert. tree →
- He sailed solo across the ocean. tree →
- The drummer played a long solo. tree →
- I did the project solo. tree →
- It was her first solo flight. tree →
- The singer left the band to go solo. tree →
- Then the elfin girls had to dance, first in the usual way, and then with stamping feet, which they performed very well; then followed the artistic and solo dance. tree →
Note
Plural: solos (not soloes). Person: soloist. From Italian for «alone». Maths: solo means one person, so 1.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «solo» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «solo» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
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