colonize

Other spellings

• (UK) colonise

Word parts

colony + -ize

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (UK)

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• Hyphenation: col‧o‧nize

Verb

Plain form colonize

Third-person singular colonizes

Past tense colonized

Past participle colonized

Present participle colonizing

1. (transitive) If you colonize a place, you settle down with colonists, and thus, making the place a colony.

Related words

• colonization/colonisation