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monopolize (third-person singular simple present monopolizes, present participle monopolizing, simple past and past participle monopolized)
- (transitive) To have a monopoly on something.
- (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, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World[1]:
- "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."
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have a monopoly
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dominate
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monopolize
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of monopolizar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of monopolizar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of monopolizar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of monopolizar