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   solo

   /ˈsəʊləʊ/

   adjective

   • 1. done by one person alone; unaccompanied: "he released his second solo album"
   • ▪ (of a motorbike) without a sidecar: "a solo machine"

   adverb

   • 1. for or by one person alone: "she'd spent most of her life flying solo"

   noun

   • 1. a piece or passage of vocal or instrumental music for one performer: "a blistering guitar solo"
   • ▪ a dance for one performer: "Petipa often left the danseur to arrange his own brief solo"
   • 2. an unaccompanied flight by a pilot in an aircraft: "his first ride in his aircraft would also be his first solo"
   • 3. 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 bid by which a player undertakes to win five tricks in solo whist.
   • 4. a motorbike without a sidecar: "50 races—solos and sidecars—should make for a thrilling showdown"

   verb

   • 1. 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"
   • 2. fly an aircraft unaccompanied: "she had been flying for twelve years and had soloed on her seventeenth birthday"
   • ▪ undertake solo climbing: "I was back next day with two friends, soloing again while they roped up"

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

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