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# monotonous

«monotonous» in Mova's school dictionary: **dull and boring because it never changes, the same sound…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (monotonous, more monotonous)

### meaning for a pupil

Monotonous means dull and boring because it never changes, the same sound or the same thing over and over. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monotonous/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

describes a dull day, a flat voice or a sound that goes on and on without change

### examples

- The rain made a monotonous sound on the roof. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monotonous/#x1)
- Counting the same thing over and over is monotonous. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monotonous/#x2)
- Life in the castle was monotonous, with the same chores every day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monotonous/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths; it describes how a task feels, not how many things there are

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «monotonous» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monotonous/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.