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 • Feb. 23, 2026

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

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

The authors downplayed the report’s link to the controversial monograph they produced for the National Toxicology Program, Levy wrote.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2025

Meggers and Evans provided the answers three years later in an influential monograph.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

Related Words

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