Monograph
noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A scholarly book or a treatise on a single subject or a group of related subjects; especially, such a document that is written by one person.
"It may still be years before we see, what we all look forward to, the great and final book on Knossos. Meanwhile learned monographs on different sections of the subject have been fast accumulating. They form the principal contents of six successive Annuals of the British School at Athens, and a not inconsiderable portion of the six corresponding volumes of The Journal of Hellenic Studies."
- 2 a detailed and documented treatise on a particular subject wordnet
- 3 A nonserial (nonperiodical) publication: a one-time publication. archaic
- 4 A single letter, especially one which represents a phoneme by itself. uncommon
- 1 To write a monograph on (a subject). transitive
"It is among the most studied, monographed, celebrated and sent-up works of modern art, and perhaps as influential as any from the last century."
- 2 Of the FDA: to publish a standard that authorizes the use of (a substance). US, transitive
Example
More examples"I have made a special study of cigar ashes—in fact, I have written a monograph upon the subject. I flatter myself that I can distinguish at a glance the ash of any known brand either of cigar or of tobacco."
Etymology
From mono- (“one”) + -graph (“write”).
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