Monopolize
11monopolize — mo|nop|o|lize [ mə napə,laız ] verb transitive 1. ) if a company monopolizes a particular business activity, it controls that activity by preventing other companies from being involved in it: Their aim was to outdo other competitors and… …
12monopolize — transitive verb ( lized; lizing) Date: 1611 to get a monopoly of ; assume complete possession or control of < monopolize a conversation > • monopolization noun • monopolizer noun …
13monopolize — monopolization, n. monopolizer, n. /meuh nop euh luyz /, v.t., monopolized, monopolizing. 1. to acquire, have, or exercise a monopoly of. 2. to obtain exclusive possession of; keep entirely to oneself: Children monopolize one s time. Also, esp.… …
14monopolize — verb Monopolize is used with these nouns as the object: ↑market …
15monopolize — [[t]mənɒ̱pəlaɪz[/t]] monopolizes, monopolizing, monopolized (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. [V n] …
16monopolize — also ise BrE verb (T) 1 to have complete control over something so that other people cannot share it: This small group monopolized the key positions in government for many years. | to monopolize a conversation 2 to demand or need a lot of someone …
17monopolize the thoughts — index occupy (engage) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
18monopolize — verb a) To have a monopoly on something b) To dominate something by excluding everyone else See Also: monopolization …
19monopolize — Synonyms and related words: absorb, absorb the attention, adopt, appropriate, arrest, arrogate, assume, buy, buy back, buy in, buy into, buy off, buy on credit, buy up, catch, charm, colonize, complete a purchase, conquer, consume, control,… …
20monopolize — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. engross, absorb, appropriate, corner. See attention. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. engross, acquire, exclude, own exclusively, absorb, consume, manage, have, hold, corner, cartelize, syndicate, restrain …
