monopolizeverb [ T ]
UK usually monopolise uk/məˈnɒp.əl.aɪz/us/məˈnɑː.pəl.aɪz/monopolize verb [ T ] (BUSINESS)
in business, to control something completely and to prevent other people having any effect on what happens:
The company had monopolized the photography market for so many decades that they didn't worry about competition from other companies.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Mergers & acquisitions
- absorb
- acquisitive
- amalgamation
- buy into sth
- buy sb out
- buyout
- hive
- hive sth off
- leverage
- merger
- monopoly
- oligopoly
- parent
- spin
- subsidiary
- suitor
- syndicate
- take (sth) over
- takeover
- white knight
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monopolize verb [ T ] (PERSON/CONVERSATION)
If someone monopolizes a person or a conversation, they talk a lot or stop other people being involved:
She completely monopolized the conversation at lunch.
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Controlling and being in charge
- aggrandize
- assume
- assumption
- authoritative
- balance of power
- divide
- dominant
- have sb by the balls idiom
- have sb eating out of your hand idiom
- have sb in the palm of your hand idiom
- have sth in hand idiom
- have/hold the whip hand idiom
- heel
- hook
- pull
- pull rank idiom
- pull the strings idiom
- putty
- regimentation
- rein
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monopolization
noun [ U ] UK usually monopolisation uk/məˌnɒp.əl.aɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/us/məˌnɑː.pəl.əˈzeɪ.ʃən/