Meaning

3 senses
  1. A long speech by one person in a play; sometimes a soliloquy; other times spoken to other characters.

    Monolog, Selbstgespräch

    моноло́гmonológ

    моноло́гmonolóh

    a (usually long) dramatic speech by a single actor

  2. A long series of comic stories and jokes as an entertainment.

    моноло́гmonológ

  3. A long, uninterrupted utterance that monopolizes a conversation.

    a long utterance by one person (especially one that prevents others from participating in the conversation)

Examples

8 sentences
  1. Donald snuck onto an empty set and started to practice his monologue.

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  2. Donald needs to get ready for his monologue.

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  3. A person's silent discussion with themselves is called "inner monologue".

    deEin lautloses Gespräch eines Menschen mit sich selbst nennt man „innerer Monolog“.

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  4. Gabriel started his monologue.

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  5. I'm working on my monologue.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
long speech by one person:
Русский
By meaning 1
long speech by one person:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
long speech by one person:

Origin

First attested in c. 1550. Borrowed from Middle French monologue, modeled on dialogue, ult

First attested in c. 1550. Borrowed from Middle French monologue, modeled on dialogue, ultimately from Byzantine Greek μονόλογος (monólogos). By surface analysis, mono- + -logue.

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