Meaning

4 senses
  1. (transitive)To settle (a place) with colonists, and hence make (a place) into a colony.

    kolonisieren

    колонізува́тиkolonizuváty

    settle as colonists or establish a colony (in)

  2. (transitive)To settle among and establish control over (the indigenous people of an area).

  3. (intransitive)To begin a colony or colonies.

    kolonisieren

    колонизи́роватьkolonizírovatʹ

    колонізува́тиkolonizuváty, заселя́тиzaseljáty, засели́тиzaselýty

  4. (broadly, transitive)To intrude into and take over (the autonomy, experience, social movement, etc, of a less powerful person or group); to commandeer or appropriate.

Examples

56 sentences
  1. Can we colonize Mars?

    Ми можемо колонізувати Марс?

    ruМы можем колонизировать Марс?

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  2. Can Mars be colonized?

    Чи можливо колонізувати Марс?

    ruВозможно ли колонизировать Марс?

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  3. We need to colonize other planets.

    Нам треба колонізувати інші планети.

    ruНам нужно колонизировать другие планеты.

    deWir müssen andere Planeten kolonisieren.

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  4. Is it possible to colonize Mars?

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  5. Will it be possible to colonize Mars?

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
transitive: to make (a place) into a colony:
intransitive: to begin a colony:
Русский
By meaning 1
intransitive: to begin a colony:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
transitive: to make (a place) into a colony:

Forms

colonizes, colonizing, colonized, colonized
Base formcolonize · to colonize
3rd person singularcolonizes
Present participlecolonizing
Past simplecolonized
Past participlecolonized

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycolonize
he, she, itcolonizes

Past simpleLesson

all personscolonized

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill colonize

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

18 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
colonize — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto