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Solo   /sˈoʊlˌoʊ/   Listen
Solo

noun
(pl. E. solos, It. soli)
1.
Any activity that is performed alone without assistance.
2.
A musical composition for one voice or instrument (with or without accompaniment).
3.
A flight in which the aircraft pilot is unaccompanied.
adverb
1.
Without anybody else or anything else.  Synonyms: alone, unaccompanied.  "The pillar stood alone, supporting nothing" , "He flew solo"
adjective
1.
Composed or performed by a single voice or instrument.
verb
1.
Fly alone, without a co-pilot or passengers.
2.
Perform a piece written for a single instrument.



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"Solo" Quotes from Famous Books



... his piece, and he wished that all pianists could be concealed behind screens so that their grimaces and gyrations should not be seen. He ought to say something about the man, but he had no idea of what was fitting!... The solo ended and was followed by another one, and then the pianist stood ...
— The Foolish Lovers • St. John G. Ervine
... Nov. 18. Chausson's "Poeme" for solo violin with orchestra, given by the Symphony Society in New York City. (It was played in Boston April 25 by Miss Jessie Davis, piano, and ...
— Annals of Music in America - A Chronological Record of Significant Musical Events • Henry Charles Lahee
... Christmas (Yule-tide). The dancers, seven in number, represented the seven champions of Christendom; the leader, Saint George, after an introductory speech, performed a solo dance, to the music of an accompanying minstrel. He then presented his comrades, one by one, each in turn going through the same performance. Finally the seven together performed an elaborate dance. The complete text of the speeches is given ...
— From Ritual to Romance • Jessie L. Weston
... a piano solo given by a greatly embarrassed boy, though certainly a greatly talented one. Suzanna recognizing his anguish felt very sorry for him. She wished he had had a Drusilla to advise him, to make him see that he was for the time greater than his audience. That ...
— Suzanna Stirs the Fire • Emily Calvin Blake
... She had another solo to sing in the second act. It was while she was attempting this that my glance strayed to the man in the gallery. His face this ...
— Tales From Bohemia • Robert Neilson Stephens


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