verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To have a monopoly on something. transitive
2. 2
   have or exploit a monopoly of wordnet
3. 3
   To dominate or to get total control of something by excluding everyone else. transitive

   "Teachers try not to let any one student monopolize a class discussion."

4. 4
   have and control fully and exclusively wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

cornerdominatehogtake overabsorbabsorb the attention

Example

More examples

"Don't let the children monopolize the television."

Etymology

From monopoly + -ize.

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