solo
/ˈsəʊ.ləʊ/US/ˈsoʊ.loʊ/
solo noun: a piece of music for one performer.
Noun
Adjective
solo (not comparable)
- Without a companion or instructor.
- Represented by Olney Gleason gallery, she was the subject of a 2025 solo show at the MSU Broad Art Museum in Michigan and recently unveiled a permanent installation at the Princeton University Art Museum.2026 May, Julie Belcove, “Farm Fresh”, in Architectural Digest, volume 83, number 4, page 93
- 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.2026 March 29, Matt Mitchell, “In LA, Paul McCartney is king”, in AV Club, archived from the original on 30 Mar 2026
Adverb
solo (not comparable)
- Alone, without a companion.
- Two of us wearing raincoats / Standing solo / In the sun1970, Paul McCartney, “Two of Us”, in Let it Be
- Wake me up before you go-go / 'Cause I'm not plannin' on going solo1984, “Wake me up before you go-go”, George Michael (lyrics), George Michael (music), performed by Wham!
Verb
solo (third-person singular simple present solos or soloes, present participle soloing, simple past and past participle soloed)
Proper noun capitalized: Solo
- A surname
solo meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
solo in Tamil
- தனி
solo in Urdu
- ایکیلے, بغریر کسی مدد کے
solo in Bengali
- একাকী, একমাত্র, স্বতন্ত্র
solo in Malayalam
- single-handed, unescorted, unaccompanied
- തനി, തനിയെയുള്ള, ഒറ്റയ്ക്കുള്ള, തന്നത്താൻ, ഏകാന്ത, തന്നെത്താൻ
- alone, unaccompanied, on one's own
- തനിച്ച്, തനിയേ, തന്നെ, സ്വതേ, സ്വയം, കൂട്ടില്ലാതെ
More languagesFewer languages
- solo in Kannada
- ತನಿಹಾಡಿಕೆ, ತನಿವಾದನ, ಒಬ್ಬನೇ ಹಾಡುವುದು, ಒಂದೇ ವಾದ್ಯ ನುಡಿಸುವುದು
- solo in Sanskrit
- एकल ekala
- solo in Vietnamese
- độc tấu, độc xướng, một mình, độc
Examples of solo in a sentence
- Brooks performed a saxophone solo on stage, with Robert as accompaniment on the bass.
- His solo shot in the seventh inning ended up winning the game.
- She was sitting in a jazz club, sipping wine and listening to a bass player's solo.
Forms of solo
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | solos |
| plural | soli |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | solos |
| third-person singular present | soloes |
| present participle | soloing |
| past participle | soloed |
| past | soloed |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Solos |
| plural | Soloes |
Origin of solo
Borrowed from Italian solo, from Latin sōlus, probably related to se (“himself”).
Words formed from solo
Phrases with solo
Questions about solo
- What does solo mean?
- Solo means a piece of music for one performer.
- What is solo in Tamil?
- Solo in Tamil is தனி. See Solo meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is solo?
- Solo can be a noun, an adjective, an adverb or a verb.
- How do you pronounce solo?
- Solo is pronounced /ˈsoʊ.loʊ/ (US).
- What is the plural of solo?
- The plural of solo is solos.
Words near solo in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: solo (page history and authors); Solo (page history and authors); solo (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); solo (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); solo (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); solo (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); solo (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); एकल (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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