how to pronounce monologue

/ˈmɑːnəˌlɔːɡ/

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monologue is pronounced in three syllables

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mɑːnəlɔːɡ

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An example use of monologue in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… decides to give a monologue about how …”

meanings of monologue

noun:

  1. A long series of comic stories and jokes as an entertainment.
  2. A long speech by one person in a play; sometimes a soliloquy; other times spoken to other characters.
  3. A long, uninterrupted utterance that monopolizes a conversation.

verb:

  1. To deliver a monologue.

monologue frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word monologue occurs in english on average 2.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics monologue can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that monologue can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

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