mono

CEFRB2

/ˈmɒn.əʊ/

adjective · noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Using or producing sound through one channel instead of two.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    A diet where someone eats only one type of food.

Examples

  • "I've got mono." "Did you kiss someone?"

  • You can catch mono from kissing­.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
4
Synonyms
1

Also pronounced

  • /ˈmɑ.noʊ/
  • /ˈmoːnoː/

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meaning

  1. Clipping of monomorphism.

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A bicycle or motorcycle trick where the front wheel is lifted off the ground while riding.

  2. Any fish of the family Monodactylidae.

More examples

In context

  • Because many in the audience were very close to one of the speakers, the DJ decided to play the music in mono.

  • People who do wish to be recognizable as trans or bi are often coercively passed off as cis or mono anyway.

  • The excellent on-screen display of italics, superscripts and subscripts, and other niceties available on the color screen now display on mono monitors, but with the inherently superior text font of the mono mode.

Synonyms

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Origin

adjective

Shortenings, ultimately from the prefix mono- (“one, single”).