monograph

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noun

mono·​graph ˈmä-nə-ˌgraf 

: a learned treatise on a small area of learning

his concise monograph on The Authorship of Shakespeare's Plays

—Brian Vickers

also : a written account of a single thing

wrote a monograph on the art of origami

monographic

ˌmä-nə-ˈgra-fik 

adjective

monograph

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verb

monographed; monographing; monographs

transitive verb

: to write a monograph on

Examples of monograph in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

This slim but valuable monograph helps fill that gap. —Donald S. Zagoria, Foreign Affairs, 10 June 2024

Image Robert Storr, author of a 2020 monograph on Guston, examined the early drawings with me. —Walker Mimms, New York Times, 4 June 2024

Gannaway’s monograph, Remember Me, was published last year by GOST Books. —Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024

The images in this monograph — many of which Peck includes in the doc — revealed the violent segregationist policies that ordered South African life and forced Cole into exile. —Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 May 2024

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1797, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1856, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

monograph

noun

mono·​graph ˈmän-ə-ˌgraf 

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: a learned detailed treatise covering a small area of a field of learning

this monograph covers the development of intravenous anesthesia from 1872

—The Journal of the American Medical Association

2

: a description (as in the United States Pharmacopeia) of the name, chemical formula, and uniform method for determining the strength and purity of a drug

monograph transitive verb