colonised

col·o·nize

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [kol-uh-nahyz]
- /ˈkɒl əˌnaɪz/
- /ˈkɒl.ə.naɪz/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [kol-uh-nahyz]
- /ˈkɒl əˌnaɪz/

Definitions of colonised word

verb with object colonised to establish a colony in; settle: England colonized Australia. 1
verb with object colonised to form a colony of: to colonize laborers in a mining region. 1
verb without object colonised to form a colony: They went out to Australia to colonize. 1
verb without object colonised to settle in a colony. 1
noun colonised Simple past tense and past participle of colonise. 1

See all 5 definitions of colonised

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Origin of colonised

First appearance:

before 1615

One of the 41% oldest English words

First recorded in 1615-25; colon(y) + -ize

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Parts of speech for Colonised

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Colonised

colonised popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 80% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for colonised

adjective colonised

tenanted — a person or group that rents and occupies land, a house, an office, or the like, from another for a period of time; lessee.
inhabited — having inhabitants; occupied; lived in or on: an inhabited island.

All 2 Synonyms of colonised