- 1[countable] a long speech by one person during a conversation that stops other people from speaking or expressing an opinion He went into a long monologue about life in America. Oxford Collocations Dictionary adjectiveinner, interior, internal, … verb + monologuedeliver, do, go into, … prepositionmonologue about, monologue on See full entry
- 2[uncountable, countable] a long speech in a play, film/movie, etc. spoken by one actor, especially when alone Oxford Collocations Dictionary adjectiveinner, interior, internal, … verb + monologuedeliver, do, go into, … prepositionmonologue about, monologue on See full entry See related entries: Elements of a play, Film plots
- 3[countable, uncountable] a dramatic story, especially in verse, told or performed by one person a dramatic monologue Oxford Collocations Dictionary adjectiveinner, interior, internal, … verb + monologuedeliver, do, go into, … prepositionmonologue about, monologue on See full entry See related entries: Types of play compare dialogue, soliloquy Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French, from Greek monologos ‘speaking alone’.Extra examples She delivered her monologue in a deadpan voice. She launched into a long monologue about how wonderful the company was. an entertainer who does comic monologues
monologue
nounBrE BrE//ˈmɒnəlɒɡ//; NAmE NAmE//ˈmɑːnəlɔːɡ//, NAmE//ˈmɑːnəlɑːɡ//
Elements of a play, Film plots, Types of playCheck pronunciation: monologue
