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

Based on interviews with dozens of Cuban small-business proprietors and aided by a sophisticated reading of demographic data, Feinberg’s findings in this monograph discredit the tiresome narrative that there has been little real change in Cuba in recent years. —Philip Brenner, Foreign Affairs, 21 Apr. 2014

Some people think so after noticing former President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka post approvingly on social media about a monograph published by former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner. —Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2024

Stallings’s little gem of a monograph looks at China’s recent encroachments into Latin America through the lens of dependency theory, which has traditionally been applied to understanding U.S.–Latin American relations. —Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2020

The first monograph of his work was published only in 2020. —Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 27 Sep. 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 

1

: 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