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2 ADJ [ADJ n] If you have sole charge or ownership of something, you are the only person in charge of it or who owns it. □  Many women are left as the sole providers in families after their husband has died. □  Chief Hart had sole control over that fund.

3 N‑COUNT The sole of your foot or of a shoe or sock is the underneath surface of it. □  …shoes with rubber soles. □  He had burned the sole of his foot.

4 N‑COUNT A sole is a kind of flat fish that you can eat. ● N‑UNCOUNT Sole is this fish eaten as food.

-soled /-soʊld/ COMB [usu ADJ n] -soled combines with adjectives and nouns to form adjectives which describe shoes with a particular kind of sole. □  The lad was wearing rubber-soled shoes.

sole|ly /soʊ lli/ ADV [ADV with v] If something involves solely one thing, it involves only this thing and no others. □  She insisted that she was solely responsible for what had happened.

sol|emn /sɒ ləm/

1 ADJ Someone or something that is solemn is very serious rather than cheerful or humorous. □  His solemn little face broke into smiles. □  He looked solemn. ●  so|lem|nity /səle mn I ti/ N‑UNCOUNT □ [+ of ] The setting for this morning's signing ceremony matched the solemnity of the occasion.

2 ADJ A solemn promise or agreement is one that you make in a very formal, sincere way. □  …a solemn pledge that he would never remarry.

so le pro|pri |etor (sole proprietors ) N‑COUNT The sole proprietor of a business is the owner of the business, when it is owned by only one person. [BUSINESS ] □  …a firm of solicitors of which he was the sole proprietor.

so le tra d|er (sole traders ) N‑COUNT A sole trader is a person who owns their own business and does not have a partner or any shareholders. [BUSINESS ] □  Finance for a sole trader usually comes from the individual's own savings.

so|lic|it /səl I s I t/ (solicits , soliciting , solicited )

1 VERB If you solicit money, help, support, or an opinion from someone, you ask them for it. [FORMAL ] □ [V n] He's already solicited their support on health care reform. □ [V n + from ] No tuition was charged by the school, which solicited contributions from the society's members.

2 VERB When prostitutes solicit , they offer to have sex with people in return for money. □ [V ] Prostitutes were forbidden to solicit on public roads and in public places. ●  so|lic|it|ing N‑UNCOUNT □  Girls could get very heavy sentences for soliciting–nine months or more.

so|lici|ta|tion /səl I s I te I ʃ ^ə n/ (solicitations ) N‑VAR Solicitation is the act of asking someone for money, help, support, or an opinion. [mainly AM ] □ [+ of ] Republican leaders are making open solicitation of the Italian-American vote.

so|lici|tor ◆◇◇ /səl I s I tə ^r / (solicitors )

1 N‑COUNT In Britain, a solicitor is a lawyer who gives legal advice, prepares legal documents and cases, and represents clients in the lower courts of law. Compare barrister .

2 N‑COUNT In the United States, a solicitor is the chief lawyer in a government or city department.

So|li ci|tor Ge n|er|al also solicitor-general N‑SING ; N‑TITLE The Solicitor General in Britain or the United States, or in an American state, is the second most important legal officer, next in rank below an Attorney General.

so|lici|tous /səl I s I təs/ ADJ A person who is solicitous shows anxious concern for someone or something. [FORMAL ] □ [+ of ] He was so solicitous of his guests. ●  so|lici|tous|ly ADV [usu ADV with v] □  He took her hand in greeting and asked solicitously how everything was.