soli Definition

solo
noun solos, soli

1. A piece of music, or a passage within it, for a single voice or instrument, with or without accompaniment.
2. Any performance in which no other person or instrument participates.
3. A flight in which the pilot flies alone.
4. A card game based on whist, in which various declarations are made and the declarer does not have a partner.

Form: solo whist (in full)

adj

1. Performed alone, without assistance or accompaniment.

adverb

1. Alone.

Example: fly solo

verb, intr soloed, soloing

1. To fly solo.
2. To play a solo.

Etymology: 17c: Italian, from Latin solus alone.