monograph

American  

[mon-uh-graf, -grahf] / ˈmɒn əˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf /

noun

1. a treatise on a particular subject, as a biographical study or study of the works of one artist.

2. a highly detailed and thoroughly documented study or paper written about a limited area of a subject or field of inquiry.

   scholarly monographs on medieval pigments.

3. an account of a single thing or class of things, as of a species of organism.

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verb (used with object)

1. to write a monograph about.

monograph British  

/ mɒˈnɒɡrəfə, -ˌɡræf, ˈmɒnəˌɡrɑːf /

noun

1. a paper, book, or other work concerned with a single subject or aspect of a subject

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verb

1. (tr) to write a monograph on

Other Word Forms

• monographer noun
• monographic adjective
• monographical adjective
• monographically adverb
• monographist noun

Etymology

Origin of monograph

First recorded in 1815–25; mono- + -graph

Example Sentences

The monograph is currently in production with Cambridge University Press and is expected to be released in 2026 or 2027.

From Science Daily • Dec. 16, 2025

She finds herself in good company: Soutine’s friend Faure suggested in his 1929 monograph on the artist that his work contained “the spark of God.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

He assigned his student a scholarly monograph, “Alienation: Marx’s Conception of Man in a Capitalist Society,” to begin his long education in how leftists think.

From Salon • Jan. 7, 2025

Among other changes in the final monograph published this summer, the program removed references to a “neurodevelopmental hazard to humans.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2024

Note: I mailed this singular monograph to the library as a gift; however, I am not really certain that it was ever accepted.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

Related Words

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