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mon·o·logue

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–noun

1.	a form of dramatic entertainment, comedic solo, or the like by a single speaker: a comedian's monologue.

2.	a prolonged talk or discourse by a single speaker, esp. one dominating or monopolizing a conversation.

3.	any composition, as a poem, in which a single person speaks alone.

4.	a part of a drama in which a single actor speaks alone; soliloquy.

Also, mon·o·log.

[Origin: 1615–25; < F, on the model of dialogue dialogue; cf. Gk monólogos speaking alone

]

—Related forms

mon·o·log·ic

Audio Help [mon-uh-loj-ik] Pronunciation Key, mon·o·log·i·cal, adjective

mon·o·log·ist

Audio Help [mon-uh-law-gist, -log-ist, muh-nol-uh-jist] Pronunciation Key, mon·o·logu·ist

Audio Help [mon-uh-law-gist, -log-ist] Pronunciation Key, noun

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mon·o·logue also mon·o·log Audio Help (mŏn'ə-lôg', -lŏg') Pronunciation Key
n.

1. A dramatic soliloquy.
2. A literary composition in the form of a soliloquy.
A continuous series of jokes or comic stories delivered by one comedian.
A long speech made by one person, often monopolizing a conversation.

v.   mon·o·logued also mon·o·logged, mon·o·logu·ing also mon·o·log·ging, mon·o·logues also mon·o·logs

v.   intr.
To give or perform a monologue.

v.   tr.
To address a monologue to.

[French : Greek mono-, mono- + Greek -logos, -logue.]

mon'o·log'ic (-lŏj'ĭk), mon'o·log'i·cal (-ĭ-kəl) adj., mon'o·logu'ist (mŏn'ə-lôg'ĭst, -lŏg'-), mo·nol'o·gist (mə-nŏl'ə-jĭst, mŏn'ə-lôg'ĭst, -lŏg'-) n.

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monologue

1668, "long speech by one person," from Late Gk. monologos "speaking alone," from Gk. monos "single, alone" + logos "speech, word," from legein "to speak" (see lecture).

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monologue
noun
1.	speech you make to yourself [syn: soliloquy]
2.	a long utterance by one person (especially one that prevents others from participating in the conversation)
3.	a (usually long) dramatic speech by a single actor

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monologue [ˈmonəlog] noun

a long speech by one person eg in a film, play etc

Arabic:	مونولوج: مُناجاة المَرء لِنَفْسِه
Chinese (Simplified):	独白
Chinese (Traditional):	獨白
Czech:	monolog
Danish:	monolog
Dutch:	monoloog
Estonian:	monoloog
Finnish:	yksinpuhelu
French:	monologue
German:	der Monolog
Greek:	μονόλογος
Hungarian:	monológ
Icelandic:	eintal; einræða
Indonesian:	monolog
Italian:	monologo

Japanese:	独白
Korean:	독백
Latvian:	monologs
Lithuanian:	monologas
Norwegian:	monolog, enetale
Polish:	monolog
Portuguese (Brazil):	monólogo
Portuguese (Portugal):	monólogo
Romanian:	monolog
Russian:	монолог
Slovak:	monológ
Slovenian:	monolog
Spanish:	monólogo
Swedish:	monolog
Turkish:	monolog; tek kişili konuşma