Definition of monolingual
: having or using only one language
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Updated on: 28 May 2018
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Examples of monolingual in a Sentence
He regrets being monolingual and wishes he were bilingual.
Recent Examples of monolingual from the Web
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And the saga continues: A new Northwestern University study has found that bilingual and monolingual people listening to the same person speaking can hear two completely different sounds.
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But as officials see it, a monolingual China is more likely to be a strong and unified one.
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How can monolingual adults such as myself learn a second language (on their own time, from their own home and ideally with little to no money spent)?
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Often, the United States is seen as monolingual, and that’s not the case at all.
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Researchers have also found that bilingual children are less impulsive than their monolingual peers.
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Under most scenarios, dual language pupils from the Red Oak and Sherwood areas would attend Red Oak, while monolingual students would attend Sherwood, which is adjacent to Red Oak.
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In Searle’s thought experiment, a monolingual English speaker sits alone in a cell.
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Dual language classes would co-exist with monolingual classes at two of the school pairings, Oak Terrace/Indian Trail as well as Sherwood/Red Oak.
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First Known Use of monolingual
1879
MONOLINGUAL Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of monolingual for English Language Learners
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: able to speak and understand only one language
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: using or expressed in only one language
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