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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: have and control fully and exclusively; "He monopolizes the laser printer" [syn: monopolize, monopolise]
2: have or exploit a monopoly of; "OPEC wants to monopolize oil" [syn: monopolize, monopolise]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb (-lized; -lizing) Date: 1611 to get a monopoly of ; assume complete possession or control of <monopolize a conversation> • monopolization noun • monopolizer noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Monopolize Mo*nop"o*lize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Monopolized; p. pr. & vb. n. Monopolizing.] [From Monopoly.] To acquire a monopoly of; to have or get the exclusive privilege or means of dealing in, or the exclusive possession of; to engross the whole of; as, to monopolize the coffee trade; to monopolize land.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(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

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. Forestall, engross, engross the whole of.

Moby Thesaurus

absorb, absorb the attention, adopt, appropriate, arrest, arrogate, assume, buy, buy back, buy in, buy into, buy off, buy on credit, buy up, catch, charm, colonize, complete a purchase, conquer, consume, control, corner, devour, dominate, employ, enchant, engage, engage the attention, engage the mind, engage the thoughts, engross, engross the mind, engross the thoughts, enslave, enthrall, exercise, fascinate, forestall, grab, grip, have, hog, hold, hold spellbound, hold the interest, hypnotize, immerse, indent, involve, involve the interest, jump a claim, make a buy, make free with, make use of, manage, mesmerize, obsess, occupy, occupy the attention, overrun, own, possess, preempt, preoccupy, prepossess, procure, purchase, rebuy, regrate, repurchase, requisition, sew up, sit on, spellbind, squat on, subjugate, take all of, take it all, take over, take possession of, take up, tie up, use, usurp, utilize