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[ kol -uh -nahyz ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈkɒl əˌnaɪz / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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verb (used with object), col·o·nized, col·o·niz·ing. to establish a colony in; settle: England colonized Australia.
to form a colony of: to colonize laborers in a mining region.
verb (used without object), col·o·nized, col·o·niz·ing. to form a colony: They went out to Australia to colonize.
to settle in a colony.
Also especially British , col·o·nise .
Origin of colonize First recorded in 1615–25; colon(y) + -ize
OTHER WORDS FROM colonize col·o·niz·a·ble, adjective col·o·niz·a·bil·i·ty, noun col·o·ni·za·tion, noun col·o·ni·za·tion·ist, noun
col·o·niz·er, noun in·ter·col·o·ni·za·tion, noun in·ter·col·o·nize, verb, in·ter·col·o·nized, in·ter·col·o·niz·ing. re·col·o·ni·za·tion, noun re·col·o·nize, verb (used with object), re·col·o·nized, re·col·o·niz·ing. un·col·o·nize, verb (used with object), un·col·o·nized, un·col·o·niz·ing. well-col·o·nized, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for colonize verb to send colonists to or establish a colony in (an area)
to settle in (an area) as colonists
(tr) to transform (a community) into a colony
(of plants and animals) to become established in (a new environment)
Derived forms of colonize colonizable or colonisable , adjective colonization or colonisation , noun colonizer or coloniser , noun Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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