monopolize

English

Alternative forms

• monopolise

Etymology

Etymology tree

English monopoly

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Late Latin -izōder.

Middle French -iserbor.

Middle English -isen

English -ize

English monopolize

From monopoly + -ize.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /məˈnɒpəlʌɪz/

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Verb

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

2. (transitive) To have a monopoly on something.
4. (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.

   • 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:

     "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."

Synonyms

• hog
• corner
• take over
• dominate

Derived terms

• demonopolize
• monopolist
• monopolistic
• monopolization
• monopolizer
• unmonopolize

Translations

have a monopoly

• Arabic: اِحْتَكَرَ (iḥtakara)
• Armenian: մենաշնորհել (hy) (menašnorhel)
• Bulgarian: монополизирам (bg) (monopoliziram)
• Catalan: monopolitzar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 壟斷 / 垄断 (zh) (lǒngduàn)

• Danish: monopolisere
• Dutch: monopoliseren (nl)
• Finnish: monopolisoida (fi), olla monopoli
• French: monopoliser (fr), accaparer (fr)
• Galician: monopolizar
• German: monopolisieren
• Italian: monopolizzare (it)
• Lao: ຜູກຂາດ (phūk khāt)
• Māori: makitaunu
• Portuguese: monopolizar (pt)
• Russian: монополизи́ровать (ru) (monopolizírovatʹ)
• Spanish: monopolizar (es)
• Swedish: monopolisera (sv)
• Thai: ผูกขาด (th) (pùuk-kàat)

dominate

• Armenian: մենաշնորհել (hy) (menašnorhel)
• Catalan: monopolitzar (ca)
• Dutch: opkopen (nl)
• Finnish: dominoida (fi), hallita (fi)
• French: accaparer (fr)
• Galician: monopolizar
• German: monopolisieren, beherrschen (de)
• Italian: monopolizzare (it)
• Māori: makitaunu
• Portuguese: monopolizar (pt)
• Spanish: monopolizar (es), acaparar (es)

Galician

Verb

monopolize

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of monopolizar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Verb

monopolize

1. inflection of monopolizar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative