monograph

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noun

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.

Less commonScrabble 17

Meanings

nounmonograph (plural monographs)

plural monographs

  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.

    Crooke made a few references to two of his monographs (1896a and 1896b) but did not take quotations from his own works.

    2018, James Lambert, “Setting the Record Straight: An In-depth Examination of Hobson-Jobson”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 31, number 4, →DOI, page 494
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    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.

    1907, Ronald M. Burrows, The Discoveries In Crete, page vi

    The complex history of the Wirral Railway and the lines with which it was interlinked needs more lucid treatment than is given in this 39-page monograph - and clearer maps and an index.

    1961 August, “New reading on railways:The Wirral Railway”, in Trains Illustrated, page vii

    1996 March, Cullen Murphy, "Hello Darkness", The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 277, No. 3, pp. 22-24. I had never given much thought to the role of darkness in ordinary human affairs until I read a monograph prepared by John Staudenmaier, a historian of technology and a Jesuit priest, for a recent conference at MIT.

  2. archaicengineeringA nonserial (nonperiodical) publication: a one-time publication.
  3. uncommonhuman sciencesA single letter, especially one which represents a phoneme by itself.
verbmonograph (third-person singular simple present monographs, present participle monographing, simple past and past participle monographed)

present singular third person monographs · participle present monographing · participle past monographed · past monographed

  1. transitiveTo write a monograph on (a subject).

    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.

    2009 April 26, Charles Isherwood, “A Long Wait for Another Shot at Broadway”, in New York Times
  2. UStransitiveOf the FDA: to publish a standard that authorizes the use of (a substance).

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Origin

From mono- (“one”) + -graph (“write”).

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Translations

Bulgarian монография
  • монография (monografija)scholarly book or treatise
Catalan monografia
  • monografiascholarly book or treatise
Chinese Mandarin 專著 /专著, 專論 /专论
  • 專著 /专著 (zhuānzhù)scholarly book or treatise
  • 專論 /专论 (zhuānlùn)scholarly book or treatise
  • 專刊 /专刊 (zhuānkān)scholarly book or treatise
Czech monografie
  • monografiescholarly book or treatise
Finnish monografi
  • monografischolarly book or treatise
French monographie
  • monographiescholarly book or treatise
German Monografie
  • Monografiescholarly book or treatise
Greek μονογραφία
  • μονογραφία (monografía)scholarly book or treatise
Hungarian monográfia
  • monográfiascholarly book or treatise
Indonesian monografi
  • monografischolarly book or treatise
Japanese モノグラフ
  • モノグラフ (monogurafu)scholarly book or treatise
Korean 모노그래프
  • 모노그래프 (monogeuraepeu)scholarly book or treatise
Lithuanian monografija
  • monografijascholarly book or treatise
Polish monografia
  • monografiascholarly book or treatise
Portuguese monografia
  • monografiascholarly book or treatise
Romanian monografie
  • monografiescholarly book or treatise
Russian моногра́фия
  • моногра́фия (monográfija)scholarly book or treatise
Slovak monografia
  • monografiascholarly book or treatise
Spanish monografía
  • monografíascholarly book or treatise
Swedish monografi
  • monografischolarly book or treatise
Vietnamese chuyên khảo
  • chuyên khảoscholarly book or treatise

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