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monopolise

monopolise is the alternative spelling of monopolize.

Meaning of monopolize

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To have a monopoly on something.
  2. (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.

Forms of monopolise

third-person singular presentmonopolises
present participlemonopolising
past participlemonopolised
pastmonopolised
alternative formmonopolize

Questions about monopolise

What is monopolise the alternative spelling of?
Monopolise is the alternative spelling of monopolize.

Words near monopolise in the dictionary

  1. monopolies
  2. monopolin
  3. monopolins
  4. monopolisable
  5. monopolisation
  6. monopolise
  7. monopolised
  8. monopoliser
  9. monopolisers
  10. monopolises
  11. monopolish

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Adapted from Wiktionary: monopolise (page history and authors); monopolize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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