MONOLOGUE

monologue

(noun) a (usually long) dramatic speech by a single actor

monologue

(noun) a long utterance by one person (especially one that prevents others from participating in the conversation)

soliloquy, monologue

(noun) speech you make to yourself

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

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

Verb

monologue (third-person singular simple present monologues, present participle monologuing, simple past and past participle monologued)

To deliver a monologue.

Synonyms

• monologize

Source: Wiktionary


Mon"o*logue, n. Etym: [F. monologue, Gr. Legend.]

1. A speech uttered by a person alone; soliloquy; also, talk or discourse in company, in the strain of a soliloquy; as, an account in monologue. Dryden.

2. A dramatic composition for a single performer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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