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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



... be played after this fashion. All seated round the table or fireplace. One child sings a solo—a verse of some nursery ...
— A History of Nursery Rhymes • Percy B. Green
... shepherds were sore afraid at this outburst of heavenly music, as wiser people would have been. An angel voice sang the solo: ...
— A Wonderful Night; An Interpretation Of Christmas • James H. Snowden
... singing a great solo, to salvos of applause, Mademoiselle Klosking took the second part with this urchin, the citizens and all the musical people who haunt a cathedral were on the tiptoe of expectation. The boy amazed them, and the rich contralto that supported him and ...
— The Woman-Hater • Charles Reade
... become a famous man, and for that reason Copenhagen was the goal of my endeavors. I heard a deal said about the large theatre in Copenhagen, and that there was to be soon what was called the ballet, a something which surpassed both the opera and the play; more especially did I hear the solo-dancer, Madame Schall, spoken of as the first of all. She therefore appeared to me as the queen of everything, and in my imagination I regarded her as the one who would be able to do everything for me, if I could only obtain her support. ...
— The True Story of My Life • Hans Christian Andersen
... however, exceedingly gracious after my wife's first solo, which pleased her so much that we had to make an exception in this case, and allow an encore by her special request, though it had been arranged, owing to the length of the programme, that no encores were to be given. Lady Alwyne Compton, wife of the Dean of Worcester, very kindly assisted as a ...
— Grain and Chaff from an English Manor • Arthur H. Savory


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