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1.
If you refer to a long speech by one person during a conversation as a ~, you mean it prevents other people from talking or expressing their opinions.
Morris ignored the question and continued his ~.
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2.
A ~ is a long speech which is spoken by one person as an entertainment, or as part of an entertainment such as a play.
...a ~ based on the writing of Quentin Crisp.
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