monologue Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun speech you make to yourself
    soliloquy.
  2. noun a long utterance by one person (especially one that prevents others from participating in the conversation)
  3. noun a (usually long) dramatic speech by a single actor

WordNet

Mon"o*logue noun
Etymology
F. monologue, Gr. speaking alone; alone, single, sole + speech, discourse, to speak. See Legend.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913