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# mono

«mono» in Mova's school dictionary: **short for monophonic: sound recorded or played through…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mono/#m1)

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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mono/#m2)

3) Mono- at the start of a word means one or single, as in monorail, monologue, monochrome, monotone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mono/#m3)

4) (informal) Mono can be short for monochrome (one colour, or black and white). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mono/#m4)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mono/#x1)
- Switch the headphones to mono if one ear doesn't work. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mono/#x2)
- My cousin had mono and missed three weeks of school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mono/#x3)
- A monorail runs on just one rail. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mono/#x4)
- A monologue is a speech by one person. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mono/#x5)
- Don't share drinks: mono spreads through spit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mono/#x6)
- The photo looks great in mono. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mono/#x7)

### 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mono/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.