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English Dictionary: monologue by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
monologue
n
  1. speech you make to yourself
    Synonym(s): soliloquy, monologue
  2. a long utterance by one person (especially one that prevents others from participating in the conversation)
  3. a (usually long) dramatic speech by a single actor
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Monologue \Mon"o*logue\, n. [F. monologue, Gr. [?] speaking
      alone; mo`nos alone, single, sole + [?] speech, discourse,
      [?] to speak. See {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.
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