monograph
Americannoun
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a treatise on a particular subject, as a biographical study or study of the works of one artist.
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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.
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an account of a single thing or class of things, as of a species of organism.
verb (used with object)
noun
verb
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
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monographernoun
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monographistnoun
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monographicadjective
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monographicaladjective
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monographicallyadverb
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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monographsimple
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monographssimple
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have monographedperfect
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has monographedperfect
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am monographingprogressive
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are monographingprogressive
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is monographingprogressive
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have been monographingperfect progressive
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has been monographingperfect progressive
Past
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monographedsimple
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had monographedperfect
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was monographingprogressive
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were monographingprogressive
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had been monographingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of monograph
Explanation
A scholar who is fascinated with a subject and knows a lot about it might write a monograph, or a long, detailed paper on one topic. If your favorite subject in school is the study of insects, you may one day write a monograph on entomology, full of details about beetles and wasps. A monograph is usually researched carefully, with plenty of footnotes along the way. The thesis or dissertation a college student writes as a requirement for getting a degree is one type of monograph. The word comes from the Greek mono, "single," and graph, "something written."
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To say that “On the Altar” functions more like an encyclopedia than a monograph may sound like criticism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 25, 2026
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
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
The language about the dearth of mental health facilities in Appalachia in a 1988 monograph is nearly word for word identical to quotes from articles published in 2017.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2024
Meggers and Evans provided the answers three years later in an influential monograph.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
More than 20 monographs of Griffin's work have been published.
From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2024
He set out to write a single paper on a barnacle he called “Mr. Arthrobalanus” and ended up completing four monographs between 1846 and 1854 on diversity among hundreds of different barnacle species.
From National Geographic ● Aug. 23, 2023
The thick monographs on Andy Warhol, Magritte and Cézanne arranged on top of baby pink, blue and orange filing cabinets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 8, 2023
He is currently working on two monographs — a war diary about his time in Afghanistan and a contemporary portrait of Australia’s colonial legacy.
From New York Times ● Nov. 15, 2022
His other works include excellent monographs on Richard III.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various
It came by the afternoon post—the big, mauve, scented, sprawled sheets, dashingly monographed across one corner.
From Dangerous Ages by Macaulay, Rose, Dame
The British species of Lumbricus have never been carefully monographed; but we may judge of their probable number from those inhabiting neighbouring countries.
From The formation of vegetable mould through the action of worms, with observations on their habits by Darwin, Charles
Discovered, and partly described, by F. Ameghino, the bones have been sumptuously monographed by F.P.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various
They have recalled many a puzzle through which I passed when monographing the Cirripedia; and your book in those days would have been quite invaluable to me.
From Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 by Darwin, Francis, Sir
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