solo
noun
a musical composition or a passage or section in a musical composition written for performance by one singer or instrumentalist, with or without accompaniment.
soloed
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past participleof solo.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof solo.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
solonouna musical composition or a passage or section in a musical composition written for performance by one singer or instrumentalist, with or without accompaniment.
Example Sentences
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He could have free soloed it, he says, but he would have been arrested.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
But the two-time champion soloed to victory on stage 14 and followed that up by dismissing his competition on a gruelling climb to the stage 15 finish in Plateau de Beille.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2024
Vingegaard kept intact his 10-second overall lead over the two-time champion on Sunday as Dutch veteran Wout Poels soloed to victory after a tough trek in the Alps with a mountaintop finish.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 16, 2023
As he soloed, the names of more departed appeared on the screen: singers Mary Wilson, Bonnie Pointer, Mac Davis and Helen Reddy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2021
Pianist Benito Gonzalez, who can be as devout a follower of McCoy Tyner as Lawrence is of Tyner’s most famous employer, soloed instead like himself, deploying a bevy of cascading phrases, licks and off-kilter rhythms.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 2, 2017
