Don't let the children monopolize the television.
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Monopolize
//məˈnɒpəlʌɪz//
Synonyms for "monopolize" (96 found)
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Related words (48)
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35 translations across 19 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- اِحْتَكَرَ verb (have a monopoly)
Armenian
2 entries- մենաշնորհել verb (have a monopoly)
- մենաշնորհել verb (dominate)
Bulgarian
1 entries- монополизирам verb (have a monopoly)
Catalan
2 entries- monopolitzar verb (have a monopoly)
- monopolitzar verb (dominate)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 壟斷 /垄断 verb (have a monopoly)
Danish
1 entries- monopolisere verb (have a monopoly)
Dutch
2 entries- monopoliseren verb (have a monopoly)
- opkopen verb (dominate)
Finnish
4 entries- dominoida verb (dominate)
- hallita verb (dominate)
- monopolisoida verb (have a monopoly)
- olla monopoli verb (have a monopoly)
French
3 entries- accaparer verb (have a monopoly)
- accaparer verb (dominate)
- monopoliser verb (have a monopoly)
Galician
2 entries- monopolizar verb (have a monopoly)
- monopolizar verb (dominate)
German
3 entries- beherrschen verb (dominate)
- monopolisieren verb (have a monopoly)
- monopolisieren verb (dominate)
Italian
2 entries- monopolizzare verb (have a monopoly)
- monopolizzare verb (dominate)
Lao
1 entries- ຜູກຂາດ verb (have a monopoly)
Māori
2 entries- makitaunu verb (have a monopoly)
- makitaunu verb (dominate)
Portuguese
2 entries- monopolizar verb (have a monopoly)
- monopolizar verb (dominate)
Russian
1 entries- монополизи́ровать verb (have a monopoly)
Spanish
3 entries- acaparar verb (dominate)
- monopolizar verb (have a monopoly)
- monopolizar verb (dominate)
Swedish
1 entries- monopolisera verb (have a monopoly)
Thai
1 entries- ผูกขาด verb (have a monopoly)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
The girl wanted to monopolize her father's affection and tended to view her mother as a competitor.
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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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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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