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colonize
[kol-uh-nahyz]
verb (used with object)
(of a nation or government) to claim and forcibly take control of (a territory other than its own), usually sending some of its own people to settle there.
England colonized Australia.
to move from oneās own country and settle in (such a territory).
Dutch farmers were among the first Europeans to colonize the river valleys of New Jersey and New York.
to be the first settlers in.
Southern Pacific islanders are thought to have colonized Hawaii around a.d. 450.
to compel or induce (people) to settle in an area for economic or political purposes.
The government made efforts to colonize laborers and their families in areas suitable for growing rice.
Biology.Ģż(of a species of plant or animal) to move or be transported to (a new habitat) and seek to become established there.
Arthropods were the first animal species to colonize land around 450 million years ago.
Microbiology, Medicine/Medical.Ģż(of a microbe) to multiply on or in (another organism), especially without causing infection or disease.
Researchers attempted to get the bacteria in a probiotic to successfully colonize the intestines of 23 volunteers.
verb (used without object)
to take control of or settle in territories other than oneās own.
Many other European powers were colonizing during the modern period besides France.
When the British colonized in Australia, the basic rights of Aboriginals were taken away.
colonize
/ Ė°ģɱōÉĖ²Ō²¹ÉŖ³ś /
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)
Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms
- colonizable adjective
- colonizability noun
- colonization noun
- colonizationist noun
- colonizer noun
- intercolonization noun
- intercolonize verb
- recolonization noun
- recolonize verb (used with object)
- uncolonize verb (used with object)
- well-colonized adjective
- Ė³¦“Ē±ō“ĒĖ²Ō¾±³ś²¹²ś±ō±š adjective
- Ė³¦“Ē±ō“Ē²Ō¾±Ė³ś²¹³Ł¾±“Ē²Ō noun
- Ė³¦“Ē±ō“ĒĖ²Ō¾±³ś±š°ł noun
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Example Sentences
Its colonizing project was carried out just as other colonized peoples were throwing off their rulers.
āBorn too late to afford a home, and too early to colonize Marsā is among their slogans.
In early 1960s America, the Reich rules by technology, building a hydrogen bomb for a genocidal attack on Africa and using Wernher von Braunās rockets to colonize the solar system.
The life sheās lived has colonized her mind, her body, everything, and sheās fighting to let herself feel comfortable in a space for a few days.
āThey have colonized my imagination like a swarm of bees,ā he writes of his teenage self.
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