monopolize
/məˈnɒpəlʌɪz/
monopolize verb: to have a monopoly on something.
Verb
monopolize (third-person singular simple present monopolizes, present participle monopolizing, simple past and past participle monopolized)
- To have a monopoly on something.
- 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.
- "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."1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC
monopolize meaning in Bengali, Malayalam, Kannada and Arabic
monopolize in Bengali
- একচেটিয়া দখল করা, মনোপলি স্থাপন করা, একক অধিকারে রাখা, পুরোপুরি দখল করা, প্রভাব বিস্তার করা, একক নিয়ন্ত্রণ করা
monopolize in Malayalam
- control, corner, take over
- കുത്തകയാക്കുക, കുത്തകവൽക്കരണം നടത്തുക, കുത്തകാവകാശമാക്കുക, കുത്തകാവകാശം നേടുക, വ്യാപാരക്കുത്തകയുണ്ടാക്കുക, അടങ്കൽകുത്തക ഉണ്ടായിരിക്കുക
- dominate, take over, hog
- മേൽക്കെെനേടുക, അധീശാധികാരം നടത്തുക, പിടിച്ചെടുക്കുക, നിയന്ത്രണം കെെക്കലാക്കുക
- take up all the attention of, keep to oneself, tie up
- മുഴുവൻശ്രദ്ധയും പിടിച്ചെടുക്കുക, ശ്രദ്ധാകേന്ദമാകുക, ബദ്ധമാക്കുക
monopolize in Kannada
- ಓರಂಕೆಪಡೆ
monopolize in Arabic
- have a monopoly
- اِحْتَكَرَ iḥtakara
More languagesFewer languages
- monopolize in Thai
- ผูกขาด pùuk-kàat
Examples of monopolize in a sentence
- The stock market ceased to be monopolized by the paper-shuffling national stock exchanges with the advent of Internet markets.
- Some viewed the Yankees as monopolizing the sport with all that money they had to offer.
- However, women did not monopolize transgenderal pseudonymity because, interestingly, men also adopted female pseudonyms.
Synonyms of monopolize
Forms of monopolize
| third-person singular present | monopolizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | monopolizing |
| past participle | monopolized |
| past | monopolized |
| alternative form | monopolise |
Origin of monopolize
From monopoly + -ize.
Words formed from monopolize
Questions about monopolize
- What does monopolize mean?
- Monopolize means to have a monopoly on something.
- What is monopolize in Bengali?
- Monopolize in Bengali is একচেটিয়া দখল করা, মনোপলি স্থাপন করা, একক অধিকারে রাখা. See Monopolize meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is monopolize?
- Monopolize is a verb.
- How do you pronounce monopolize?
- Monopolize is pronounced /məˈnɒpəlʌɪz/.
- What is the past tense of monopolize?
- The past tense of monopolize is monopolized.
Words near monopolize in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: monopolize (page history and authors); monopolize (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); monopolize (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); monopolize (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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