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colonise

/ colonise /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
settle as colonists or establish a colony (in)
"The British colonized the East Coast"
Type of:
settle locate
Derived:
colonization colonisation settlement colony
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 2
settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world
"Europeans colonized Africa in the 17th century"
Opposites:
decolonize decolonise
Type of:
annex
Derived:
colonization colonisation settlement colonizer coloniser
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Semantic Complexity
38%
Sense Count
2
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
14
Times Searched
2
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settle locate annex decolonize decolonise