Meaning

1 senses

  1. Non-Oxford British standard spelling of colonize.

More definitions
  • settle as colonists or establish a colony (in)
  • settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world

Forms

colonises, colonising, colonised, colonised
Base formcolonise · to colonise
3rd person singularcolonises
Present participlecolonising
Past simplecolonised
Past participlecolonised

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycolonise
he, she, itcolonises

Past simpleLesson

all personscolonised

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave colonised
he, she, ithas colonised

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill colonise

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • settle as colonists or establish a colony (in):colonize
  • settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world:colonize

Antonyms

1 antonyms
decolonise

Word family

3 related words
Relatedcolonisationcolonisercolony

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
colonialB2colonialismcolonialistcolonistcolonizationcolonizecolonizer
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