ALL meanings of colonization
col·o·nize
C c - verb with object colonization to establish a colony in; settle: England colonized Australia. 1
- verb with object colonization to form a colony of: to colonize laborers in a mining region. 1
- verb without object colonization to form a colony: They went out to Australia to colonize. 1
- verb without object colonization to settle in a colony. 1
- noun colonization migrants: settlement 1
- noun colonization animals: new habitat 1
- noun colonization The process of establishing a colony. 1