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# solo

noun (a solo, solos); adjective (a solo flight); adverb (fly solo)

«solo» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A piece of music, dance or a performance done by one person alone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solo/#m1)
2. (adjective) Done by one person without help: a solo trip. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solo/#m2)
3. (adverb) Alone: She sailed solo round the world. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solo/#m3)

### In the lessons

In music lessons, a pupil sings a solo in the concert. In everyday life, going solo means doing something by yourself. Phrases: a guitar solo, go solo, fly solo.

### Examples

- Amy sang a solo in the school concert. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solo/#x1)
- He sailed solo across the ocean. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solo/#x2)
- The drummer played a long solo. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solo/#x3)
- I did the project solo. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solo/#x4)
- It was her first solo flight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solo/#x5)
- The singer left the band to go solo. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solo/#x6)
- Then the elfin girls had to dance, first in the usual way, and then with stamping feet, which they performed very well; then followed the artistic and solo dance. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solo/#x7)

### Note

Plural: solos (not soloes). Person: soloist. From Italian for «alone». Maths: solo means one person, so 1.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «solo» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solo/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«solo» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/solo.html) on Mova free.