soli

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
soli/ˈsəʊli/

plural form of solo.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
solo/ˈsəʊləʊ/

▶noun (pl. solos)

• 1 (pl. solos or soli) a piece of music, song, or dance for one performer.

• 2 an unaccompanied flight by a pilot.

• 3 (also solo whist) a card game resembling whist in which the players make bids and the highest bidder plays against the others.

  ■ a bid by which a player undertakes to win five tricks in this game.

• 4 a motorbike without a sidecar.

▶adjective & adverb for or done by one person. ▶verb (soloes, soloing, soloed)

• 1 perform a solo.

• 2 fly an aircraft unaccompanied.

– origin C17: from Ital., from L. solus ‘alone’.