solo

B2 Topic:People & Society

US /ˈsoʊ.loʊ/ UK /ˈsəʊ.ləʊ/ See IPA manual

adj adv noun verb 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. alone unaccompanied

Word family

Forms solisoloedsoloingsolos

Derived forms free-solomidsolominisolononsolosoloablesologamysoloismsoloistsolopreneursoloprovsolosexual

Related forms number solitaire

Common collocations

solo singing Adjective + noun

Etymology

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

sōlus Latin

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Topics

People & Society

# solo

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** adj, adv, noun, verb
**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

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