transcription, транскрипция: [ mənɒpəlaɪz ]
( 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
• mo‧nopo‧li‧za‧tion
...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