solo B2 Topic:People & Society US /ˈsoʊ.loʊ/ UK /ˈsəʊ.ləʊ/ See IPA manual Freq #4609 Meanings 1 adv Alone, without anyone else. She decided to travel solo around Europe for a month. 2 noun A piece of music played or sung by one person. The guitarist played a brilliant solo during the concert. 3 adj Done or performed by one person alone. He gave his first solo performance at the age of twelve. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adv · alone, without anyone else. aloneunaccompanied Word family Forms solisoloedsoloingsolos Derived forms free-solomidsolominisolononsolosoloablesologamysoloismsoloistsolopreneursoloprovsolosexual Related forms numbersolitaire Common collocations solo singing Adjective + noun Etymology AI details Borrowed from Italian solo, from Latin sōlus, probably related to se (“himself”). sōlus Latin View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # solo **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** adv, noun, adj **IPA (US):** /ˈsoʊ.loʊ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈsəʊ.ləʊ/ **Frequency rank:** 4609 ## Meanings 1. Alone, without anyone else. 2. A piece of music played or sung by one person. 3. Done or performed by one person alone. ## Examples - She decided to travel solo around Europe for a month. - The guitarist played a brilliant solo during the concert. - He gave his first solo performance at the age of twelve. ## Derived Forms - free-solo - midsolo - minisolo - nonsolo - soloable - sologamy - soloism - soloist - solopreneur - soloprov - solosexual ## Related Forms - number - solitaire ## Roots and Affixes - Root: sōlus ## Etymology Borrowed from Italian solo, from Latin sōlus, probably related to se (“himself”). ## AI Etymology Solo is borrowed from Italian solo, from Latin sōlus, probably related to se (“himself”). Important forms in the word's history include Latin sōlus. In current use it includes senses such as Alone, without anyone else and A piece of music played or sung by one person. ## Topics - People & Society markdown