Antonyms for monopolizing

Grammar : Verb

Spell : muh-nop-uh-lahyz

Phonetic Transcription : məˈnɒp əˌlaɪz

Definition of monopolizing

Origin : 1610s; see monopoly + -ize. Figurative use from 1620s. Related: Monopolized; monopolizing; monopolization.

verb dominate, control

Example sentences :

She couldn't have, or she would at least have made some effort to prevent Eileen from monopolizing you.
Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter

He smiled and added, "I should be monopolizing the time which belongs to your company."
Extract from : « Eventide » by Effie Afton

I was savagely glad that he did not succeed in monopolizing Leah; not even I could do that.
Extract from : « The Martian » by George Du Maurier

Monopolizing the coupe, she became absolute mistress of the situation.
Extract from : « The Parisians, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

There are, in fact, no immense estates grasping nearly the whole of a district; no monopolizing farmers, nor dealers in grain.
Extract from : « Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton » by John Barrow

She will have it that he is jealous and monopolizing, and that he distrusts her.
Extract from : « Our Bessie » by Rosa Nouchette Carey

Perhaps men are in the way, monopolizing all the best things.
Extract from : « That Fortune » by Charles Dudley Warner

And to the mind, too, that conceived the idea of seizing and monopolizing it as a title.
Extract from : « Christian Science » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

If dad requires all the dots I'm sure Jack is monopolizing the dashes.
Extract from : « The Pillar of Light » by Louis Tracy

Just now Selby is monopolizing the field of American fiction.
Extract from : « A Fortnight of Folly » by Maurice Thompson

Synonyms for monopolizing

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