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col·o·nize
(kŏl′ə-nīz′)v. col·o·nized, col·o·niz·ing, col·o·niz·es
v.tr.
1. To form or establish a colony or colonies in.
2. To migrate to and settle in; occupy as a colony.
3. To resettle or confine (persons) in or as if in a colony.
4. To subjugate (a population) to or as if to a colonial government.
v.intr.
1. To form or establish a colony.
2. To settle in a colony or colonies.
col′o·niz′er n.
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colonize
(ˈkɒləˌnaɪz) orcolonise
vb
1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) to send colonists to or establish a colony in (an area)
2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) to settle in (an area) as colonists
3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (tr) to transform (a community) into a colony
4. (Environmental Science) (of plants and animals) to become established in (a new environment)
ˈcoloˌnizable, ˈcoloˌnisable adj
ˌcoloniˈzation, ˌcoloniˈsation n
ˈcoloˌnizer, ˈcoloˌniser n
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col•o•nize
(ˈkɒl əˌnaɪz)v. -nized, -niz•ing. v.t.
1. to establish a colony in; settle.
2. to form a colony of.
v.i. 3. to form a colony.
4. to settle in a colony.
[1615–25]
col′o•niz`a•ble, adj.
col`o•ni•za′tion, n.
col′o•niz`er, n.
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colonize
Past participle: colonized
Gerund: colonizing
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| Verb | 1. | colonize - settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world; "Europeans colonized Africa in the 17th century" annex - take (territory) as if by conquest; "Hitler annexed Lithuania" decolonise, decolonize - grant independence to (a former colony); "West Africa was decolonized in the early 1960's" |
| 2. | colonize - settle as colonists or establish a colony (in); "The British colonized the East Coast" |
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colonize
verb settle, populate, put down roots in, people, pioneer, open up The first British attempt to colonize Ireland was in the twelfth century.
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Translations
kolonizovatosídlit
kolonisere
asuttaakolonisoida
gyarmatosít
gera aî nÿlendu
kolonizovať
sömürgeleştirmek
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colonize
vt → kolonisieren
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colony
(ˈkoləni) – plural ˈcolonies – noun1. (a group of people who form) a settlement in one country etc which is under the rule of another country. France used to have many colonies in Africa.
2. a group of people having the same interests, living close together. a colony of artists.
3. a collection of animals, birds etc, of one type, living together. a colony of gulls.
coˈlonial (-ˈlou-) adjectiveBritain was formerly a colonial power.
coˈlonialism nouncoˈlonialist noun
and adjective.
ˈcolonize, ˈcolonise verb to establish a colony in (a place). The English colonized New England in 1620.
ˈcolonist nounˌcoloniˈzation, ˌcoloniˈsation noun
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