monograph
[ mon-uh-graf, -grahf ]
/ ˈmɒn əˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf /
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noun
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.
verb (used with object)
to write a monograph about.
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OTHER WORDS FROM monograph
mo·nog·ra·pher [muh-nog-ruh-fer], /məˈnɒg rə fər/, mo·nog·ra·phist, nounmon·o·graph·ic [mon-uh-graf-ik], /ˌmɒn əˈgræf ɪk/, mon·o·graph·i·cal, adjectivemon·o·graph·i·cal·ly, adverbWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH monograph
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British Dictionary definitions for monograph
monograph
/ (ˈmɒnəˌɡrɑːf, -ˌɡræf) /
noun
a paper, book, or other work concerned with a single subject or aspect of a subject
verb
(tr) to write a monograph on
Derived forms of monograph
monographer (mɒˈnɒɡrəfə) or monographist, nounmonographic, adjectivemonographically, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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