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so•lo
Pronunciation: (sō'lō), [key]
—n., pl. -los, -liPronunciation: (-lē), [key]
—adj., adv., v.
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n.
1. a musical composition or a passage or section in a musical composition written for performance by one singer or instrumentalist, with or without accompaniment:
She sang a solo.
2. any performance, as a dance, by one person.
3. a flight in an airplane during which the pilot is unaccompanied by an instructor or other person:
I'll be ready for my first solo next week.
4. a person who works, acts, or performs alone:
He used to sing with a quartet, but now he's a solo.
5. a person who performs or accomplishes something without the usual equipment, tools, etc.
6. Informal.an announcement, commercial offering, etc., made to only one person or a selected group of such persons:
Each month the firm sends a solo to its best customers.
7. Cards.any of certain games in which one person plays alone against others.
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adj.
1. Music.performing alone:
a part for solo bassoon.
2. performed alone; not combined with other parts of equal importance; not concerted.
3. alone; without a companion or partner:
a solo flight.
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adv.
on one's own; alone or unaccompanied:
After six lessons he was flying solo.
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v.i.
1. to perform or do a solo:
to solo on the trumpet.
2. to pilot a plane, glider, etc., unaccompanied, esp. for the first time:
After the course the students should be able to solo.
3. to perform or accomplish something by oneself.
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v.t.
1. to pilot (a plane, glider, etc.) unaccompanied.
2. to allow (a student pilot) to pilot a plane, glider, etc., alone:
The instructor decided to solo the student. So•lo
Pronunciation: (sō'lō), [key]—
n.
former name of
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