Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A dramatic soliloquy.
- noun A literary composition in the form of a soliloquy.
- noun A continuous series of jokes or comic stories delivered by one comedian.
- noun A long speech made by one person, often monopolizing a conversation.
- intransitive verb To give or perform a monologue.
- intransitive verb To address a monologue to.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who does all the talking.
- noun That which is spoken by one person alone.
- noun A long speech or harangue uttered by one person, especially in the course of a conversation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A speech uttered by a person alone; soliloquy; also, talk or discourse in company, in the strain of a soliloquy.
- noun A dramatic composition for a single performer.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun drama A type of
art that consist ofsoliloquy , a longspeech by one person. - noun comedy A long series of
comic stories andjokes as anentertainment . - noun A long, uninterrupted utterance that monopolizes a conversation.
- verb To deliver a monologue.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a (usually long) dramatic speech by a single actor
- noun speech you make to yourself
- noun a long utterance by one person (especially one that prevents others from participating in the conversation)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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This monologue is the kind of theatrical event that uncompromisingly delivers some heart-stopping moments.
George Heymont: It's the Most Dysfunctional Time of the Year! George Heymont 2010
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This monologue is the kind of theatrical event that uncompromisingly delivers some heart-stopping moments.
George Heymont: It's the Most Dysfunctional Time of the Year! George Heymont 2010
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Of course we all know why the monologue is there: to make the question essentially "Tell us how someone who Owens thinks shouldn't have been a judge was a great judge" -- the exact parallel to "When did you stop beating your wife?".
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So taken literally, the monologue is an argument unrelated to the question.
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That last, internal monologue, is where I finally connected with the project in a meaningful way.
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The Jones monologue is pretty astounding, but you're right, if not for Jones 'voice, it runs flat.
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Micro-tension can be created in a thousand ways, big and small, but its application to interior monologue is especially important in romance fiction.
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Mr. Pape, however, will be singing the monologue from the composer's 1869 version.
New York Gives Opera Idol His Tsar Turn Pia Catton 2010
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That kind of interior monologue is exciting to read.
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Rickman's internal monologue is arrestingly rich – a waiter "slices into the infant conversation like a sweetly slung axe" – while also revealing him as a sad, stuffy, self-absorbed, lecherous old man, lost in a haze of bitter nostalgia and verbosity.
Tonight's TV highlights Will Hodgkinson 2010
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The state of irresponsible forest management.
April 8, 2008
reesetee commented on the word monologue
Heehee.
April 8, 2008