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soliloquy

Noun B2 – Upper-Intermediate

A speech in a play in which a character speaks their thoughts aloud, usually alone on stage.

"Hamlet's famous soliloquy begins with the line 'To be, or not to be'."

A soliloquy is spoken as if thinking aloud, unlike a monologue, which is addressed to other characters or an audience.

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