monograph
a treatise on a particular subject, as a biographical study or study of the works of one artist.
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.
an account of a single thing or class of things, as of a species of organism.
to write a monograph about.
Origin of monograph
1Other words from monograph
- mo·nog·ra·pher [muh-nog-ruh-fer], /məˈnɒg rə fər/, mo·nog·ra·phist, noun
- mon·o·graph·ic [mon-uh-graf-ik], /ˌmɒn əˈgræf ɪk/, mon·o·graph·i·cal, adjective
- mon·o·graph·i·cal·ly, adverb
Words that may be confused with monograph
- monogram, monograph
Words Nearby monograph
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How to use monograph in a sentence
In this deeply personal and brutally honest monograph, she writes alongside her family photographs to reveal the stories behind the images, her deepest insecurities, and her life fraught with the politics of the past 20 years.
This monograph contains over 500 of his beautiful, emotional images as well as explores his life and development as an artist.
The Daily Beast’s 2014 Holiday Gift Guide: For the Andy Warhol in Your Life | Allison McNearney | November 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn addition to his monograph, Mr. Perez released another book, Gilles Mendel by Enoc Perez, available this month at J. Mendel.
Artist Enoc Perez Paints the Great Cities That Never Were | Justin Jones | November 26, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTFranklin circulated the monograph among his friends and correspondents.
Then he wrote a detailed monograph laying out his investigations and conclusions.
Denis Piel, famous for his highly sexualized fashion spreads of the 1980s and 1990s, publishes a steamy, new monograph this month.
Denis Piel: A Legendary Photographer Finds His Moment | Isabel Wilkinson | August 29, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThis opinion, however, has been since refuted in an able monograph on the subject by Padre Garrucci.
The Catacombs of Rome | William Henry WithrowThe monograph on the Sunshade, called by the author ‘a little tumbled fantasy,’ occupies fully one-half of the volume.
A Cursory History of Swearing | Julian SharmanHe thinks, as I did, that the monograph of Sticker in Nothnagel is the best review of hay fever that we have.
The Treatment of Hay Fever | George Frederick LaidlawThis would constitute a very curious fact if the matter were left where Professor Hartt left it when his monograph was written.
Nights With Uncle Remus | Joel Chandler HarrisIt is really a monograph on magnetism written in the thirteenth century.
Old-Time Makers of Medicine | James J. Walsh
British Dictionary definitions for monograph
/ (ˈmɒnəˌɡrɑːf, -ˌɡræf) /
a paper, book, or other work concerned with a single subject or aspect of a subject
(tr) to write a monograph on
Derived forms of monograph
- monographer (mɒˈnɒɡrəfə) or monographist, noun
- monographic, adjective
- monographically, adverb
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