colonise

Other spellings

• (US) colonize

Word parts

colony + -ise

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈkɑlənaɪz/
• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈkɒlənaɪz/

• Audio (UK)

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• Hyphenation: col‧o‧nize

Verb

Plain form colonise

Third-person singular colonises

Past tense colonised

Past participle colonised

Present participle colonising

1. (transitive) If a country colonises a place, it sends colonists to live there, thus, making the place a colony.

Related words

• colonisation/colonization