colonise

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verb

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

• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  decolonize, decolonise