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monologue
English
Alternative forms
- monolog (US, noun)
Etymology
[circa 1550] From circa 1500 borrowing of Middle French monologue, modeled on dialogue, ultimately from Ancient Greek or via Byzantine Greek ????????? (monólogos, “speaking alone”).
Noun
monologue (plural monologues)
- (drama, authorship) A long speech by one person in a play; sometimes a soliloquy; other times spoken to other characters.
- (comedy) A long series of comic stories and jokes as an entertainment.
- A long, uninterrupted utterance that monopolizes a conversation.
Synonyms
- (drama): soliloquy
Antonyms
- (a monopolizing utterance): dialogue
Translations
See also
- soliloquy
Verb
monologue (third-person singular simple present monologues, present participle monologuing, simple past and past participle monologued)
- To deliver a monologue.
- 1989, Oliver Sacks, Seeing Voices
- Powerful parents, in her formulation, feeling themselves autonomous and powerful, give autonomy and power to their children; powerless ones, feeling themselves passive and controlled, in turn exert an excessive control on their children, and monologue at them, instead of having a dialogue with them.
- 1989, Oliver Sacks, Seeing Voices
Synonyms
- monologize
Derived terms
- monologic / monological
- monologuist
French
Etymology
Modeled on dialogue, ultimately from Ancient Greek or via Byzantine Greek ????????? (monólogos).
Pronunciation
Noun
monologue m (plural monologues)
- monologue
Verb
monologue
- first-person singular present indicative of monologuer
- third-person singular present indicative of monologuer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of monologuer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of monologuer
- second-person singular imperative of monologuer
Further reading
- “monologue” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French
Noun
monologue m (plural monologues)
- soliloquy; monologue
Portuguese
Verb
monologue
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of monologar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of monologar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of monologar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of monologar
Spanish
Verb
monologue
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of monologar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of monologar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of monologar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of monologar.
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monopoly
English
Etymology
From Latin monop?lium, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (monop?lion, “a right of exclusive sale”), from ????? (mónos, “sole”) + ????? (p?lé?, “I barter, sell”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: m?n?'p?l?", IPA(key): /m??n?p??li/
- (US) enPR: m?nä'p?l?", IPA(key): /m??n?p??li/
Noun
monopoly (plural monopolies)
- A situation, by legal privilege or other agreement, in which solely one party (company, cartel etc.) exclusively provides a particular product or service, dominating that market and generally exerting powerful control over it.
- Antonym: monopsony
- Coordinate terms: duopoly, oligopoly
- An exclusive control over the trade or production of a commodity or service through exclusive possession.
- The privilege granting the exclusive right to exert such control.
- (metonymically) The market thus controlled.
- (metonymically) The holder (person, company or other) of such market domination in one of the above manners.
- Synonym: monopolist
Derived terms
- monopolistic
- monopolistically
- monopolize, monopolization, monopolizer
Translations
Further reading
- monopoly in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- monopoly in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- "monopoly" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 209.
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?monopol?]
Noun
monopoly
- nominative plural of monopol
- accusative plural of monopol
- vocative plural of monopol
- instrumental plural of monopol
Spanish
Noun
monopoly m (uncountable)
- Monopoly (board game)
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