🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

독주

Pronunciation / Transliteration: dokju

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Solo/ˈsoʊ.loʊ/
nounadjectiveadverbCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #2150 frequency
Full Thesaurus
🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그는 피아노 독주를 연주했다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A piece of music or performance performed by a single singer or instrumentalist.

    "The lead guitarist played an incredible solo during the middle of the song."
As adjective
  1. 1

    Done by one person alone; unaccompanied.

    "She embarked on a solo sailing trip across the Atlantic Ocean."

Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum

Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Italian word 'solo', meaning 'alone', which stems from the Latin 'solus'. It entered English musical and general vocabulary in the 18th century to describe a performance or action undertaken by a single person without companions.

Quick Vocabulary Retention Check

Which of the following is the closest synonym for "Solo"?

Thesaurus & Synonyms Graph

Explore Nuanced Synonyms for "Solo"

Discover exact matches, context-specific alternatives, and antonyms with intensity ratings in the VocabDictionary Thesaurus.

View "Solo" Synonym Map