Colonize
11colonize — UK [ˈkɒlənaɪz] / US [ˈkɑləˌnaɪz] verb [transitive] Word forms colonize : present tense I/you/we/they colonize he/she/it colonizes present participle colonizing past tense colonized past participle colonized to take control of another country by… …
12colonize — col·o·nize käl ə .nīz vb, nized; niz·ing vt 1) to establish a colony in or on <the parasitic roundworms...have succeeded in colonizing a great variety of hosts (W. H. Dowdeswell)> 2) to isolate in supervised groups vi of microorganisms to… …
13colonize — verb Colonize is used with these nouns as the object: ↑moon …
14colonize — col|o|nize also colonise BrE [ˈkɔlənaız US ˈka: ] v [T] 1.) to establish political control over an area or over another country, and send your citizens there to settle →↑colony 2.) if animals or plants colonize an area, large numbers of them… …
15colonize — Synonyms and related words: adopt, anchor, appropriate, arrogate, assume, billet at, bivouac, burrow, camp, come to anchor, conquer, denizen, domesticate, drop anchor, empeople, ensconce, enslave, establish residence, hive, hog, indent, inhabit,… …
16colonize — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. settle, establish, found, populate. See location, abode. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. settle, plant, found, people, migrate, immigrate, transplant, pioneer, open a country, subjugate, conquer; see also… …
17colonize — col|o|nize [ kalə,naız ] verb transitive to take control of another country by going to live there or sending people to live there ╾ col|o|ni|za|tion [ ,kalənı zeıʃn ] noun uncount …
18colonize — or colonise verb 1》 establish a colony in (a place). ↘establish control over (the indigenous people of a colony). 2》 appropriate (a place or domain) for one s own use. 3》 Ecology (of a plant or animal) establish itself in (an area).… …
19colonize — verb (T) to establish political control over an area or over another country, and send your citizens there to settle colonization noun (U) colonizer noun (C) …
20colonize — verb the Germans colonized Tanganyika in 1885 Syn: settle (in), people, populate; occupy, take over, seize, capture, subjugate …
