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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
monopolizes, monopolizing, monopolized |
| definition 1: |
to obtain or maintain exclusive control over; have to oneself alone; dominate.
He tends to monopolize the conversation.She complains that her boyfriend is jealous of her friends and that he tries to monopolize her. |
| definition 2: |
in business, to dominate or set out to dominate (an industry); maintain or acquire a monopoly over.
The government investigated charges that the company was attempting to monopolize the software industry. |
| related words: |
dominate, forestall |
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