monopolize

English

Alternative forms

• monopolise

Etymology

From monopoly +‎ -ize.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /məˈnɒpəlʌɪz/

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Verb

monopolize (third-person singular simple present monopolizes, present participle monopolizing, simple past and past participle monopolized)

2. (transitive) To have a monopoly on something.
4. (transitive) To dominate or to get total control of something by excluding everyone else.

   Teachers try not to let any one student monopolize a class discussion.

   • 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:

     "Now, Mr. Malone, I have given you rather more of my time than I had intended. The individual must not monopolize what is meant for the world."

Synonyms

• hog
• corner
• take over
• dominate

Derived terms

• demonopolize
• monopolist
• monopolistic
• monopolization
• monopolizer
• unmonopolize

Translations

have a monopoly

Arabic: اِحْتَكَرَ (iḥtakara) Armenian: մենաշնորհել (hy) (menašnorhel) Bulgarian: монополизирам (bg) (monopoliziram) Catalan: monopolitzar (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 壟斷 / 垄断 (zh) (lǒngduàn) Danish: monopolisere Dutch: monopoliseren (nl) Finnish: monopolisoida (fi), olla monopoli French: monopoliser (fr), accaparer (fr) Galician: monopolizar German: monopolisieren Italian: monopolizzare (it) Lao: ຜູກຂາດ (phūk khāt) Maori: makitaunu Portuguese: monopolizar (pt) Russian: монополизи́ровать (ru) (monopolizírovatʹ) Spanish: monopolizar (es) Swedish: monopolisera (sv) Thai: ผูกขาด (th) (pùuk-kàat)

dominate

Armenian: մենաշնորհել (hy) (menašnorhel) Catalan: monopolitzar (ca) Dutch: opkopen (nl) Finnish: dominoida (fi), hallita (fi) French: accaparer (fr) Galician: monopolizar German: monopolisieren, beherrschen (de) Italian: monopolizzare (it) Maori: makitaunu Portuguese: monopolizar (pt) Spanish: monopolizar (es), acaparar (es)

Galician

Verb

monopolize

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of monopolizar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Verb

monopolize

1. inflection of monopolizar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative