monologue
A long speech by one person in a playA long speech by one person in a play; sometimes a soliloquy; other times spoken to other characters.
» Donald snuck onto an empty set and started to practice his monologue.
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3 sensesA 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
A long series of comic stories and jokes as an entertainment.
моноло́гmonológ
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 sentencesDonald snuck onto an empty set and started to practice his monologue.
Donald needs to get ready for his monologue.
A person's silent discussion with themselves is called "inner monologue".
deEin lautloses Gespräch eines Menschen mit sich selbst nennt man „innerer Monolog“. — al_ex_an_der
Gabriel started his monologue.
I'm working on my monologue.
Translations
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Origin
First attested in c. 1550. Borrowed from Middle French monologue, modeled on dialogue, ultFirst 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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Forms
plural: monologuesSynonyms
1 synonyms- speech you make to yourself:soliloquy
Word family
10 related wordsSee also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.