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colonize

🇬🇧 UK/'kɒlәnaiz/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

v.

To establish a colony in a place; to settle and take control of a territory and its people.

开拓殖民地,对…进行殖民统治

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
colonsettlement, colony, farmer
+
iconnector
+
zeto make, to become
=colonize

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    Several European nations competed to colonize territories in Africa during the 19th century.

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