solo

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   composed or performed by a single voice or instrument

   a passage for solo clarinet

2. 2
   adj

   Of, or relating to, a musical solo.

   I can appreciate that Macca’s band plays faithful to the source material, never putting too obvious a personal spin on the music. It’s sometimes frustrating, especially when the solo part in “Get Back” is screaming for some impromptu finesse, but it’s mostly fair.

3. 3
   adv

   Alone, without a companion.

   Two of us wearing raincoats / Standing solo / In the sun

4. 4
   adv

   without anybody else or anything else

5. 5
   noun

   a flight in which the aircraft pilot is unaccompanied

6. 6
   noun

   any activity that is performed alone without assistance

7. 7
   noun

   a musical composition for one voice or instrument (with or without accompaniment)

8. 8
   verb

   perform a piece written for a single instrument

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian solo, from Latin sōlus, probably related to se (“himself”).