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monopolize
What does monopolize mean?
monopolize (verb): to dominate or to get total control of something by excluding everyone else.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use monopolize in a sentence?
- Teachers try not to let any one student monopolize a class discussion. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where does monopolize come from?
From monopoly + -ize.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to monopolize
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “monopolize” mean?
to assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true
Not quite: that's what affirm means.
to be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition
Not quite: that's what depend means.
to dominate or to get total control of something by excluding everyone else
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to make thinner by adding solvent to a solution, especially by adding water
Not quite: that's what dilute means.
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