colonize

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verb

1. settle as a colony;
of countries in the developing world (Freq. 1)
- Europeans colonized Africa in the 17th century
• Syn:
colonise
• Ant:
decolonise (for: colonise), decolonize
• Derivationally related forms:
colonisation (for: colonise), coloniser (for: colonise), colony (for: colonise), colonization, colonizer, colony
• Hypernyms:
annex
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. settle as colonists or establish a colony (in)
- The British colonized the East Coast
• Syn:
colonise
• Derivationally related forms:
colonisation (for: colonise), colony (for: colonise), colonization, colony
• Hypernyms:
settle, locate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something

• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  decolonize, decolonise