Solitaire is a game for one person in which you move and remove objects on a board, with theaim of having one object left at the end of the game.
2. uncountable noun
Solitaire is a card game for only one player.
[mainly US]regional note: in BRIT, use patience
3. countable noun
A solitaire is a diamond or other jewel that is set on its own in a ring or other piece of jewellery.
solitaire in British English
(ˈsɒlɪˌtɛə, ˌsɒlɪˈtɛə)
noun
1. Also called: pegboard
a game played by one person, esp one involving moving and taking pegs in a pegboard or marbles on an indented circular board with the object of being left with only one
2. the US name for patience (sense 3)
3.
a gem, esp a diamond, set alone in a ring
4.
any of several extinct birds of the genus Pezophaps, related to the dodo
5.
any of several dull grey North American songbirds of the genus Myadestes: subfamily Turdinae (thrushes)
Word origin
C18: from Old French: solitary
solitaire in American English
(ˈsɑləˌtɛr)
noun
1. Archaic
a hermit or recluse
2.
a diamond or other gem set by itself, as in a ring
3.
any of many card games played by one person
Word origin
Fr solitaire < L solitarius: see solitary
Examples of 'solitaire' in a sentence
solitaire
He stood around uneasily, obviously not wanting to go back to his game of solitaire while I was still in the room.
Hugo Wilcken THE EXECUTION (2002)
I filled her in, not painting any pictures, just playing out the facts like a man dealing the cards for solitaire.
Wood, Ted FOOLS GOLD (2002)
The school books and magazines still lay scattered over the sofa and the game of solitaire remained untouched on the table.
Stewart, Michael GRACE (2002)
She was playing a card game with a tarot deck, some version of solitaire.