mono
part of speech
noun (mono — uncountable); adjective (mono); prefix (mono-)
meaning for a pupil
1) Mono is short for monophonic: sound recorded or played through one channel, so it comes from one speaker and not left and right like stereo. tree →
2) (US, informal, medicine) Mono is short for mononucleosis, an illness caused by a virus that makes you very tired with a sore throat and swollen glands (in the UK called glandular fever). tree →
3) Mono- at the start of a word means one or single, as in monorail, monologue, monochrome, monotone. tree →
4) (informal) Mono can be short for monochrome (one colour, or black and white). tree →
sense in the lessons
In science and music lessons it is the opposite of stereo. In maths and science, the prefix mono- means one (a monomer, a monoplane). In health it is the «kissing disease» passed through spit. Phrases: in mono, mono sound, have mono.
examples
- Old records were recorded in mono. tree →
- Switch the headphones to mono if one ear doesn't work. tree →
- My cousin had mono and missed three weeks of school. tree →
- A monorail runs on just one rail. tree →
- A monologue is a speech by one person. tree →
- Don't share drinks: mono spreads through spit. tree →
- The photo looks great in mono. tree →
note
A clipped word: say what it is short for. «Mono» (sound) is the opposite of stereo (two channels). The prefix mono- = 1, bi- = 2, tri- = 3, poly- = many: a monoplane has one pair of wings, a biplane two. The illness is called glandular fever in the UK and Australia.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «mono» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.