colonize, v.
(colonized, colonizes, colonizing)
freq. cnt. 1
(colonized, colonizes, colonizing)
freq. cnt. 1
settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world
<verb.social> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
colonise colonize
sample sentences
"Europeans colonized Africa in the 17th century"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
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settle as colonists or establish a colony (in)
<verb.change>
colonise colonize
sample sentences
"The British colonized the East Coast"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
Somebody ----s something
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derivationally related form
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derivationally related form
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