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Grammar : Verb
Spell : muh-nop-uh-lahyz
Phonetic Transcription : məˈnɒp əˌlaɪz

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Définition of monopolize

Origin :
  • 1610s; see monopoly + -ize. Figurative use from 1620s. Related: Monopolized; monopolizing; monopolization.
  • verb dominate, control
Example sentences :
  • I cannot rob you of your maid and also be selfish enough to monopolize these rooms.
  • Extract from : « Jennie Baxter, Journalist » by Robert Barr
  • It enabled him to monopolize almost everything else that was pleasant or superb.
  • Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic
  • It was their dominion, and their prerogative therefore to monopolize them.
  • Extract from : « The Shellback's Progress » by Walter Runciman
  • The aristocracy of office endeavours to monopolize the State-machine.
  • Extract from : « The New Society » by Walther Rathenau
  • Harry did not monopolize the Tristram blood or the Tristram pride.
  • Extract from : « Tristram of Blent » by Anthony Hope
  • In conversation he did not tend to declaim or monopolize the talk.
  • Extract from : « Victorian Worthies » by George Henry Blore
  • If a boot-black, make up your mind to monopolize the business on your block.
  • Extract from : « Hidden Treasures » by Harry A. Lewis
  • And a moderate newspaper need not monopolize a whole evening.
  • Extract from : « Girls and Women » by Harriet E. Paine (AKA E. Chester}
  • So that the Continent did not monopolize the assassins of that time.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866 » by Various
  • You cannot monopolize theaters while there are bricks and mortar.
  • Extract from : « Charles Frohman: Manager and Man » by Isaac Frederick Marcosson and Daniel Frohman

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