Definition of 'monopolize'
Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense monopolizes
, present participle monopolizing
, past tense, past participle monopolized
regional note: in BRIT, also use monopolise
1. verb
If you say that someone monopolizes something, you mean that they have a very large share of it and prevent other people
from having a share.
2. verb
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monopolize in British English
verb (transitive)
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Derived forms
monopolization (moˌnopoliˈzation) or monopolisation (moˌnopoliˈsation) noun
monopolizer (moˈnopoˌlizer) or monopoliser (moˈnopoˌliser)
noun
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monopolize in American English
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Derived forms
monopolization (moˌnopoliˈzation)
noun
monopolizer (moˈnopoˌlizer)
noun
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monopolize in American English
(məˈnɑpəˌlaiz)
transitive verbWord forms: -lized, -lizing
Also (esp. Brit.): monopoliseMost material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC. Modified entries © 2019
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Derived forms
monopolization noun
monopolizer
noun
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British English: monopolize
VERB /məˈnɒpəlaɪz/
If you say that someone monopolizes something, you mean that they have a very large share of it and prevent other people from having a share.
They are controlling so much cocoa that they are virtually monopolizing the market.
- American English: monopolize /məˈnɒpəlaɪz/
- Brazilian Portuguese: monopolizar
- Chinese: 垄断
- European Spanish: monopolizar
- French: monopoliser
- German: beherrschen
- Italian: monopolizzare
- Japanese: 独占する
- Korean: 독점하다
- European Portuguese: monopolizar
- Latin American Spanish: monopolizar
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