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monologuing

monologuing is the present participle and gerund of monologue.

Meaning of monologue

Verb

monologue (third-person singular simple present monologues, present participle monologuing, simple past and past participle monologued)

  1. (intransitive) To speak in or deliver a monologue.
    • Powerful parents, in her formulation, feeling themselves autonomous and powerful, give autonomy and power to their children; powerless ones, feeling themselves passive and controlled, in turn exert an excessive control on their children, and monologue at them, instead of having a dialogue with them.1989, Oliver Sacks, Seeing Voices
    Synonyms:
    monologize

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Questions about monologuing

What is monologuing the present participle and gerund of?
Monologuing is the present participle and gerund of monologue.

Words near monologuing in the dictionary

  1. monologs
  2. monologual
  3. monologue
  4. monologued
  5. monologues
  6. monologuing
  7. monologuise
  8. monologuised
  9. monologuises
  10. monologuising
  11. monologuist

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