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[ muh -nop -uh -lahyz ] SHOW IPA
/ məˈnɒp əˌlaɪz / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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verb (used with object), mo·nop·o·lized, mo·nop·o·liz·ing. to acquire, have, or exercise a monopoly of.
to obtain exclusive possession of; keep entirely to oneself: Children monopolize one's time.
Also especially British , mo·nop·o·lise .
Origin of monopolize First recorded in 1605–15; monopol(y) + -ize
OTHER WORDS FROM monopolize mo·nop·o·li·za·tion, noun mo·nop·o·liz·er, noun an·ti·mo·nop·o·li·za·tion, adjective o·ver·mo·nop·o·lize, verb (used with object), o·ver·mo·nop·o·lized, o·ver·mo·nop·o·liz·ing.
pre·mo·nop·o·lize, verb (used with object), pre·mo·nop·o·lized, pre·mo·nop·o·liz·ing. un·mo·nop·o·lized, adjective un·mo·nop·o·liz·ing, adjective
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Example sentences from the Web for monopolize That’s the result of two generations of letting monopolists monopolize .
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Today's discussion of Epic's claim centered heavily on what market, exactly, Apple is allegedly monopolizing.
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“This pyramid monster hotel will monopolize all the business in the city,” CEO Reto Wittwer said.
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So the only way to survive is to monopolize more of the market and up-sell subscribers just as Comcast-Time Warner Cable will do.
Why Would Comcast Improve When It Could Buy Time Warner Cable Instead? | Daniel Gross| February 13, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Should you give up in despair that this is one more thing the rich have managed to monopolize ?
In Defense of the 5 O'Clock Reservation | Megan McArdle| October 12, 2012| DAILY BEAST
Yet no one has ever been able to monopolize any of the innovations that have periodically roiled the game.
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Foremost among them is the Chinese communist oligarchy, with its determination to monopolize political power in China.
So What Would I Do About China? | David Frum| August 22, 2012| DAILY BEAST
Here you come back, a mere heathen, and proceed to monopolize all our ladies.
54-40 or Fight | Emerson Hough
They and the Nuwaris and the Chinese seem to monopolize the trade of the city.
The Unveiling of Lhasa | Edmund Candler
I say he has; for there is a law to forbid him thus to monopolize land.
Rural Rides | William Cobbett
John Wesley said we should not allow the devil to monopolize all the good tunes.
The Library and Society | Various
Why, they would like to monopolize all the victories mentioned in history.
John Bull, Junior | Max O'Rell
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British Dictionary definitions for monopolize verb (tr) to have, control, or make use of fully, excluding others
to obtain, maintain, or exploit a monopoly of (a market, commodity, etc)
Derived forms of monopolize monopolization or monopolisation , noun monopolizer or monopoliser , noun Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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