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 expedition that led to this discovery began with a brief note in a 1950s monograph.

From Science Daily

To say that “On the Altar” functions more like an encyclopedia than a monograph may sound like criticism.

From The Wall Street Journal

I first met Jacob Rees-Mogg years ago, when I contacted him about bringing his father’s 1975 monograph on the history and causes of inflation back into print.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

He wrote or co-wrote at least 16 books, among them a brilliant monograph on George Howe and his “Paradise Planned: The Garden Suburb and the Modern City,” a massive study of American urbanism.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• dissertation
• essay
• thesis
• treatise