solo

«solo» in Mova's school dictionary: A piece of music, dance or a performance done by one… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

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

meaning for a pupil

1) A piece of music, dance or a performance done by one person alone. tree →

2) (adjective) Done by one person without help: a solo trip. tree →

3) (adverb) Alone: She sailed solo round the world. tree →

sense 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 →
• He sailed solo across the ocean. tree →
• The drummer played a long solo. tree →
• I did the project solo. tree →
• It was her first solo flight. tree →
• The singer left the band to go solo. tree →
• 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 →

note

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

In the corpora

• Teachers often give a solo to the child most ready for that piece, and many swap solos around during the year.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «solo» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.