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monograph

monograph 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.

Noun

monograph (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.
    • 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...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
  2. (archaic) A nonserial (nonperiodical) publication: a one-time publication.
  3. (uncommon) A single letter, especially one which represents a phoneme by itself.

Verb

monograph (third-person singular simple present monographs, present participle monographing, simple past and past participle monographed)

  1. (transitive) To 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. (US, transitive) Of the FDA: to publish a standard that authorizes the use of (a substance).

monograph meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

monograph in Hindi

मोनोग्राफ, मोनोग्राफ़, मोनोग्राफ करना

monograph in Tamil

ஒரே பொருள் பற்றிய ஆய்வு, தனிக்கட்டுரை, தனிவுரைவு நூல், ஒரு குறிப்பிட்ட குடும்பம், பேரினம்

monograph in Marathi

मोनोग्राफ, मनोग्राफ, मनोग्राफ करण्यासाठी

monograph in Urdu

مقالہ
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monograph in Bengali
নির্দিষ্ট বিষয়ের ওপর পুস্তিকা, প্রবন্ধ
monograph in Telugu
మోనోగ్రాఫ్, మొనోగ్రాఫ్, మానోగ్రాఫ్
monograph in Malayalam
മോണോഗ്രാഫ്, മൊണോഗ്രാഫ്, മോണോഗ്രാഫ് ചെയ്യാൻ
monograph in Kannada
ಮೊನೋಗ್ರಾಫ್, ಮೊನೊಗ್ರಾಫ್, ಮಾನೋಗ್ರಾಫ್
monograph in Punjabi
ਮੋਨੋਗ੍ਰਾਫ, ਮੋਨੋਗ੍ਰਾਫ਼, ਮੋਨੋਗ੍ਰਾਫ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ
monograph in Gujarati
મોનોગ્રાફ, મોનોગ્રાફ કરવા માટે, મોનોગ્રાફ કરવા
monograph in Odia
ମୋନୋଗ୍ରାଫ୍, ମନୋଗ୍ରାଫ୍, ମୋନୋଗ୍ରାଫି
monograph in Nepali
मोनोग्राफ, मनोग्राफ, मोनोग्राफिक
monograph in Indonesian
monografi
monograph in Vietnamese
chuyên khảo

Examples of monograph in a sentence

  • Meanwhile learned monographs on different sections of the subject have been fast accumulating.1907, Ronald M. Burrows, The Discoveries In Crete, page vi:
  • 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...

All 17 example sentences with monograph

Forms of monograph

Noun
pluralmonographs
Verb
third-person singular presentmonographs
present participlemonographing
past participlemonographed
pastmonographed

Plural of monograph: monographs

Origin of monograph

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

Words formed from monograph

Questions about monograph

What does monograph mean?
Monograph means 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.
What is monograph in Hindi?
Monograph in Hindi is मोनोग्राफ, मोनोग्राफ़, मोनोग्राफ करना. See Monograph meaning in Hindi.
How do you use monograph in a sentence?
Meanwhile learned monographs on different sections of the subject have been fast accumulating.
What part of speech is monograph?
Monograph can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of monograph?
The plural of monograph is monographs.

Words near monograph in the dictionary

  1. monogrammist
  2. monogrammists
  3. monogrammous
  4. monograms
  5. monogranular
  6. monograph
  7. monographed
  8. monographer
  9. monographers
  10. monographia
  11. monographic

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: monograph (page history and authors); monograph (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); monograph (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); monograph (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); monograph (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); monograph (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); monograph (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); monograph (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); monograph (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); monograph (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); monograph (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); monograph (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); monograph (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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