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		colonizecolonize /ˈkɑləˌnaɪz/ verb [intransitive, transitive] VERB TABLEcolonize |
 | Present | I, you, we, they | colonize |   | he, she, it | colonizes |  | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | colonized |  | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have colonized |   | he, she, it | has colonized |  | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had colonized |  | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will colonize |  | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have colonized |  
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 | Present | I | am colonizing |   | he, she, it | is colonizing |   | you, we, they | are colonizing |  | Past | I, he, she, it | was colonizing |   | you, we, they | were colonizing |  | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been colonizing |   | he, she, it | has been colonizing |  | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been colonizing |  | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be colonizing |  | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been colonizing |  
     social studies, politics to establish political control over an area or over another country, and send your citizens there to settle—colonizer noun [countable]—colonization /ˌkɑlənəˈzeɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]  |