Monopolize
verb
To completely control something so others don't have access to it.
Big firms often try to monopolize the market and make it hard for small businesses to survive.
Often appears as...
- monopolize the market
- monopolize power
verb
To take all of someone's time or attention.
She always tries to monopolize the conversation at family dinners.
Often appears as...
- monopolize the conversation
- monopolize attention
verb
To completely control something so others don't have access to it.
Big firms often try to monopolize the market and make it hard for small businesses to survive.
Often appears as...
- monopolize the market
- monopolize power
verb
To take all of someone's time or attention.
She always tries to monopolize the conversation at family dinners.
Often appears as...
- monopolize the conversation
- monopolize attention
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Economic Context
The term 'monopolize' is often used in business and economics to discuss unfair market control.
A single broadband provider began to monopolize internet services in the town.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
'Monopolize' usually implies negative consequences for others who are excluded.
The company's attempt to monopolize led to a high court antitrust case.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Total
To 'monopolize' doesn't mean a 100% takeover, but a significant dominance or control.
They don’t own all the oil fields but do monopolize the market with their pricing strategies.
Pro Tip 1/3Economic Context
The term 'monopolize' is often used in business and economics to discuss unfair market control.
A single broadband provider began to monopolize internet services in the town.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
'Monopolize' usually implies negative consequences for others who are excluded.
The company's attempt to monopolize led to a high court antitrust case.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Total
To 'monopolize' doesn't mean a 100% takeover, but a significant dominance or control.
They don’t own all the oil fields but do monopolize the market with their pricing strategies.
Pro Tip 1/3Economic Context
The term 'monopolize' is often used in business and economics to discuss unfair market control.
A single broadband provider began to monopolize internet services in the town.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
'Monopolize' usually implies negative consequences for others who are excluded.
The company's attempt to monopolize led to a high court antitrust case.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Total
To 'monopolize' doesn't mean a 100% takeover, but a significant dominance or control.
They don’t own all the oil fields but do monopolize the market with their pricing strategies.
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Demand a more...
them how a single person in the bureaucracy has the power to make decision about which patent application becomes the next patent and therefore monopolizes for 20 years the rights of an entire field of inventive activity well what did we do we said we can make a website we can make an expert Network
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Elon Musk talks Twitter,...
standpoint of letting me figure out how to monopolize or maximize my ownership of twitter but we'll try to bring along as many shoulders as we right as we're allowed to you don't necessarily want to pay out 40 or whatever it is billion dollars in cash you you'd like them to come come with you in in
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How much land does it...
but these numbers give us a general sense of the space needed. Of course, building energy infrastructure in a desert, a rainforest, a town, or even in the ocean are completely different prospects. And energy sources monopolize the space they occupy to very different extents.
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Would you raise the bird...
Brood parasite chicks usually hatch early, then monopolize their host parents’ attention. Some stab their fellow nestlings to death, while others shove the remaining occupants out of the nest. Meanwhile, others are less harmful to their hosts.
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Beth Noveck: Demand a...
has the power to make a decision about which patent application becomes the next patent, and therefore monopolizes for 20 years the rights over an entire field of inventive activity. Well, what did we do? We said, we can make a website,
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Simple Sex and the Birth...
when one of them cheated a quirk of evolution made one of the sexes smaller and this turned out to be one of the most significant events in life on earth the smaller types were more mobile and so monopolized the matings but the mates
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Why Male & Female Fight...
when one of them cheated a quirk of evolution made one of the sexes smaller and this turned out to be one of the most significant events in life on earth the smaller types were more mobile and so monopolized the matings but the mates
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Why glass towers are bad...
gives the plaza a theatrical quality. It becomes a stage where the generations can meet. You have teenagers sprawling on the pavers, seniors monopolizing the benches, and real life starts to look like an opera set.
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Safari Live - Day 146 PIPE...
males who were the group before the Birmingham's one was definitely bigger than the other and he seemed to monopolize the mating opportunities so to say that he wasn't the dominant or
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Natalie Jeremijenko:...
It is in your interests that I'm healthy, happy, well-fed. Hence, you could share some of your nutritional resources instead of monopolizing them. That is, share your lunch.
Video examples
Demand a more...
them how a single person in the bureaucracy has the power to make decision about which patent application becomes the next patent and therefore monopolizes for 20 years the rights of an entire field of inventive activity well what did we do we said we can make a website we can make an expert Network
Video examples
Elon Musk talks Twitter,...
standpoint of letting me figure out how to monopolize or maximize my ownership of twitter but we'll try to bring along as many shoulders as we right as we're allowed to you don't necessarily want to pay out 40 or whatever it is billion dollars in cash you you'd like them to come come with you in in
Video examples
How much land does it...
but these numbers give us a general sense of the space needed. Of course, building energy infrastructure in a desert, a rainforest, a town, or even in the ocean are completely different prospects. And energy sources monopolize the space they occupy to very different extents.
Video examples
Would you raise the bird...
Brood parasite chicks usually hatch early, then monopolize their host parents’ attention. Some stab their fellow nestlings to death, while others shove the remaining occupants out of the nest. Meanwhile, others are less harmful to their hosts.
Video examples
Beth Noveck: Demand a...
has the power to make a decision about which patent application becomes the next patent, and therefore monopolizes for 20 years the rights over an entire field of inventive activity. Well, what did we do? We said, we can make a website,
Video examples
Simple Sex and the Birth...
when one of them cheated a quirk of evolution made one of the sexes smaller and this turned out to be one of the most significant events in life on earth the smaller types were more mobile and so monopolized the matings but the mates
Video examples
Why Male & Female Fight...
when one of them cheated a quirk of evolution made one of the sexes smaller and this turned out to be one of the most significant events in life on earth the smaller types were more mobile and so monopolized the matings but the mates
Video examples
Why glass towers are bad...
gives the plaza a theatrical quality. It becomes a stage where the generations can meet. You have teenagers sprawling on the pavers, seniors monopolizing the benches, and real life starts to look like an opera set.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 146 PIPE...
males who were the group before the Birmingham's one was definitely bigger than the other and he seemed to monopolize the mating opportunities so to say that he wasn't the dominant or
Video examples
Natalie Jeremijenko:...
It is in your interests that I'm healthy, happy, well-fed. Hence, you could share some of your nutritional resources instead of monopolizing them. That is, share your lunch.
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Quote examples
Dylan Walsh
American Actor
L.A. is so much about ratings and box office; that defines everything. And here, of course it's important, but it's not part of the culture - there's too much else going on in New York. They're not going to let one industry monopolize your attention, you know? You're likely to have best friends who are architects or newspaper reporters.
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Sean Evans
American Entertainer
Gamers are horrible roommates because they monopolize the TV with something less watchable than 'The Mob Doctor' and, if that wasn't irritating enough, have the audacity to scream combat commands through a head set.
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Thomas Paine
English Activist
All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit.
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Robert Zubrin
American Scientist
The goods of the world market are available for Cuba to purchase, but all the foreign exchange is monopolized by the regime, which uses it for its own power and pleasure.
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Maajid Nawaz
British Activist
Satire has been a sanctuary historically monopolized by progressives, originally used as a discreet tool against Western religious fundamentalism.
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Jane Smiley
American Writer
There can never be such a thing as a free market, because it is human nature to cheat, monopolize, and buy off others so as to corner the market.
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Laurence J. Peter
Canadian Writer
Men now monopolize the upper levels... depriving women of their rightful share of opportunities for incompetence.
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Christopher Lasch
American Historian
Traditionalists will have to master techniques of sustained activism formerly monopolized by the left.
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Christopher Daniels
I've got two kids and they monopolize my computer time.
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Bernie Sanders
American Politician
The right wing has monopolized the AM radio airwaves.
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Dylan Walsh
American Actor
L.A. is so much about ratings and box office; that defines everything. And here, of course it's important, but it's not part of the culture - there's too much else going on in New York. They're not going to let one industry monopolize your attention, you know? You're likely to have best friends who are architects or newspaper reporters.
Quote examples
Sean Evans
American Entertainer
Gamers are horrible roommates because they monopolize the TV with something less watchable than 'The Mob Doctor' and, if that wasn't irritating enough, have the audacity to scream combat commands through a head set.
Quote examples
Thomas Paine
English Activist
All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit.
Quote examples
Robert Zubrin
American Scientist
The goods of the world market are available for Cuba to purchase, but all the foreign exchange is monopolized by the regime, which uses it for its own power and pleasure.
Quote examples
Maajid Nawaz
British Activist
Satire has been a sanctuary historically monopolized by progressives, originally used as a discreet tool against Western religious fundamentalism.
Quote examples
Jane Smiley
American Writer
There can never be such a thing as a free market, because it is human nature to cheat, monopolize, and buy off others so as to corner the market.
Quote examples
Laurence J. Peter
Canadian Writer
Men now monopolize the upper levels... depriving women of their rightful share of opportunities for incompetence.
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Christopher Lasch
American Historian
Traditionalists will have to master techniques of sustained activism formerly monopolized by the left.
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Christopher Daniels
I've got two kids and they monopolize my computer time.
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Bernie Sanders
American Politician
The right wing has monopolized the AM radio airwaves.
Example 1 of 10
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