"monograph" meaning in English

See monograph in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: monographs [plural]
Etymology: From mono- (“one”) + -graph (“write”). Etymology templates: {{confix|en|mono|graph|t1=one|t2=write}} mono- (“one”) + -graph (“write”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} monograph (plural monographs)
  1. A scholarly book or a treatise on a single subject or a group of related subjects, usually written by one person. Translations (scholarly book or treatise): монография (monografija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), monografia [feminine] (Catalan), 專著 (Chinese Mandarin), 专著 (zhuānzhù) (Chinese Mandarin), 專論 (Chinese Mandarin), 专论 (zhuānlùn) (Chinese Mandarin), 專刊 (Chinese Mandarin), 专刊 (zhuānkān) (Chinese Mandarin), monografie [feminine] (Czech), monografi (Finnish), monographie [feminine] (French), Monografie [feminine] (German), μονογραφία (monografía) [feminine] (Greek), monográfia (Hungarian), モノグラフ (monogurafu) (Japanese), монография (monografiä) (Kazakh), 모노그래프 (monogeuraepeu) (Korean), монография (monografiya) (Kyrgyz), monografija [feminine] (Lithuanian), monografia [feminine] (Polish), monografia [feminine] (Portuguese), monografie [feminine] (Romanian), моногра́фия (monográfija) [feminine] (Russian), monografía [feminine] (Spanish), monografi [common-gender] (Swedish), chuyên khảo (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-monograph-en-noun-fjD0OLki

Verb

Forms: monographs [present, singular, third-person], monographing [participle, present], monographed [participle, past], monographed [past]
Etymology: From mono- (“one”) + -graph (“write”). Etymology templates: {{confix|en|mono|graph|t1=one|t2=write}} mono- (“one”) + -graph (“write”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} monograph (third-person singular simple present monographs, present participle monographing, simple past and past participle monographed)
  1. (transitive) To write a monograph on (a subject). Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-monograph-en-verb-Wdm7CY8g
  2. (transitive, US) Of the FDA: to publish a standard that authorizes the use of (a substance). Tags: US, transitive Categories (topical): Books
    Sense id: en-monograph-en-verb-PK7CZT-S Disambiguation of Books: 26 11 63 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with mono-, English terms suffixed with -graph Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 6 65 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 29 14 57 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mono-: 24 18 58 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -graph: 23 12 65

Inflected forms

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      "form": "monographing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "monographed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "monographed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "monograph (third-person singular simple present monographs, present participle monographing, simple past and past participle monographed)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2009 April 26, Charles Isherwood, “A Long Wait for Another Shot at Broadway”, in New York Times",
          "text": "It is among the most studied, monographed, celebrated and sent-up works of modern art, and perhaps as influential as any from the last century.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To write a monograph on (a subject)."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To write a monograph on (a subject)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of the FDA: to publish a standard that authorizes the use of (a substance)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "FDA",
          "FDA"
        ],
        [
          "publish",
          "publish"
        ],
        [
          "standard",
          "standard"
        ],
        [
          "authorize",
          "authorize"
        ],
        [
          "substance",
          "substance"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, US) Of the FDA: to publish a standard that authorizes the use of (a substance)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "monograph"
  ],
  "word": "monograph"
}

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