monopoly

«monopoly» in Mova's school dictionary: Complete control of a product or service by one company… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a monopoly, monopolies); proper noun (Monopoly — a board game)

meaning for a pupil

1) Complete control of a product or service by one company or person, so that nobody else sells it. tree →

2) (Monopoly) A board game where players buy streets and houses with toy money. tree →

3) (a monopoly on) Having something all to yourself: «You don't have a monopoly on the swing!» tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life: families play Monopoly, which teaches counting money, adding and paying rent. In economics: a monopoly means no competition, so prices can be high. Phrases: «a monopoly on/of», «play Monopoly», «Monopoly money».

examples

• We played Monopoly all afternoon. tree →
• I landed on my brother's hotel and had to pay rent. tree →
• One company had a monopoly on the town's water. tree →
• Nobody has a monopoly on good ideas. tree →
• Monopoly money is not real money. tree →
• A monopoly can make prices go up. tree →

note

Plural: monopolies (y → ies). The game's name is a brand, written with a capital M. Stress: mo-NOP-o-ly. Verb: monopolise / monopolize (to keep something all to yourself).

In the corpora

• At Christmas Mia's cousin flips the Monopoly board across the room, so the aunties ban Monopoly at Christmas for good.
• In Monopoly the brown streets are the cheapest and earn the least rent; a strategy is tested over many games, not one.
• In Monopoly the dice decide where you land; the banker handles the money but cannot choose squares.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «monopoly» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.