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MONOGRAPH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A detailed and documented treatise on a particular subject
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("monograph" is a kind of...):
treatise (a formal exposition)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb monograph
Context examples:
In this case I found her biography sandwiched in between that of a Hebrew rabbi and that of a staff-commander who had written a monograph upon the deep-sea fishes.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
As to Holmes, he returned refreshed to his monograph upon the Polyphonic Motets of Lassus, which has since been printed for private circulation, and is said by experts to be the last word upon the subject.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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