colonize
🇺🇸
/ˈkɑːlənaɪz/
🇬🇧
/ˈkɒlənaɪz/
verb
R
to take control of another land and send your people to live there
European nations colonize many parts of Africa in the 19th century.
R
to live or grow in large numbers in an area
Various plants colonize the forest floor after a fire.
translation
to take control of another land and send your people to live there; to live or grow in large numbers in an area
Word Forms
3rd Present
colonizes
Past
colonized
Perfect
colonized
Progressive
colonizing