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COLONISE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Settle as colonists or establish a colony (in)

Example:

The British colonized the East Coast

Synonyms:

colonise; colonize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "colonise" is one way to...):

locate; settle (take up residence and become established)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

colonisation (the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies)

colony (a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world

Example:

Europeans colonized Africa in the 17th century

Synonyms:

colonise; colonize

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "colonise" is one way to...):

annex (take (territory) as if by conquest)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Antonym:

decolonise (grant independence to (a former colony))

Derivation:

colonisation (the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies)

coloniser (someone who helps to found a colony)

colony (a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government)

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