Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - monopolize
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Monopolize
monopolize
(monopolizes, monopolizing, monopolized) Note: in BRIT, also use 'monopolise' 1. 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. They are controlling so much cocoa that they are virtually monopolizing the market... Johnson, as usual, monopolized the conversation. VERB: V n, V n • monopolization ...the monopolization of a market by a single supplier. N-UNCOUNT: oft N of n 2. If something or someone monopolizes you, they demand a lot of your time and attention, so that there is very little time left for anything or anyone else. He would monopolize her totally, to the exclusion of her brothers and sisters. VERB: V n
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1.
transitive verb (-lized; -lizing) Date: 1611 to get a monopoly of ; assume complete possession or control of ~ a conversation • monopolization noun • ~r noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
2.
v.tr. (also -ise) 1 obtain exclusive possession or control of (a trade or commodity etc.). 2 dominate or prevent others from sharing in (a conversation, person's attention, etc.). Derivatives monopolization n. monopolizer n. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
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1. монополизировать to monopolize trade —- захватить в свои руки всю торговлю to monopolize the conversation —- завладеть разговором, не давать никому сказать слова ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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v. монополизировать; to monopolize the conversation - завладеть разговором, не давать никому сказать слова ...Англо-русский словарь
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also -ise BrE v 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's time and attention (Virtually all her time and energy is now monopolized by the children.) - monopolization n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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