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Monopoly

27 3.0
A board game where players buy and trade properties to make other players lose all their money by collecting rent
  • proper noun
  • /məˈnɑːpəli/
translation icon : Monopoly
  • Even last night we did we did life-size Monopoly here in London.
  • play Monopoly
  • Monopoly game
  • Monopoly board

Like I like, hey, do you win Monopoly or any?

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Examples

  • I beat Thomas J. in Monopoly yesterday.

  • "We gathered around the table for an intense game of Monopoly last night."

  • So I learned to play Monopoly in real life.

  • We were having a mad game of Monopoly.

  • In the living room, my father had been trying to get me to play Monopoly, but it seemed too complicated.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • Remember that Thanksgiving that you taught everybody the real rules of Monopoly?

  • Another thing that came to my PO Box which made me beyond excited is the Monopoly Brighton and Hove edition.

  • For a moment, Milton remembered playing Monopoly with C.C. and Allen several weekends before.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • "My family loves to play Monopoly during the holidays, often leading to friendly competition."

  • "After three hours, I finally won the Monopoly game, making my friends groan in disbelief."

Antonyms

416 2.1

A person or team you are trying to beat

Compounds

Play money with no real value or cash spent as if it means nothing

A square board with properties and spaces used to play Monopoly

How Competitive

Monopoly
27 3.0
board game
45 1.7
house
  • Baby Talk
63 4.6
co-op
  • Jargon
3.7

Surface Forms

Monopoly main

Etymology

Monopoly comes from the Greek parts mono- 'one' and polein 'to sell', so it originally meant a single seller who has the whole market. That's why the board game Monopoly is about buying properties until one player owns them all.