colonize
Meaning of colonize
verb
- send settlers to (a place) and establish political control over it.
the Greeks colonized Sicily and southern Italy
Information about colonize
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of colonize is: colonizes.
- Languages in which colonize is used:
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Hyphenation of colonize
col-o-nize
- It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
- colonize is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
colonize synonyms
Meaning (of a group of people) inhabit (a place):
Meaning cause people to settle in (a place):
Meaning develop or be the first to use or apply (a new method, area of knowledge, or activity):
Meaning past and past participle of find:
Meaning spread over or occupy (a place) in large numbers:
Meaning take control of (a place, especially a country) by military conquest or settlement:
Meaning take forcible possession of:
Meaning take into one's possession or control by force:
Meaning add as an extra or subordinate part, especially to a document:
Meaning bring under domination or control, especially by conquest:
colonize antonyms
Meaning go away from:
Translation of colonize
- Spanish: colonizar
- Italian: colonizzare
- French: coloniser
- Portuguese: colonizar
- German: kolonisieren
Words that rhyme with colonize
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