colonize

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈkɑlənaɪz/

Verb

transitive intransitive broadly

(transitive) To settle (a place) with colonists, and hence make (a place) into a colony. / (transitive) To settle (a group of people, a species, or the like) in a place as a colony.

Japanese Meaning

（人や動植物などを）他地域に移住させ、植民地として定住させること、またはその状態にすること。 / （特定の地域を）植民地として開拓・統治すること。

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They planned to colonize the distant island and transform it into a trading outpost.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

彼らは遠く離れた島を植民地化し、それを交易基地に変える計画を立てた。

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Sense（1）

(transitive) To settle (a place) with colonists, and hence make (a place) into a colony.

Sense（2）

(transitive) To settle (a group of people, a species, or the like) in a place as a colony.

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Sense（3）

(transitive) To settle among and establish control over (the indigenous people of an area).

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Sense（4）

(intransitive) To begin a colony or colonies.

Sense（5）

(transitive, social sciences, by extension) To intrude into and take over (the autonomy, experience, social movement, etc, of a less powerful person or group); to commandeer or appropriate.

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colonizes

（ present singular third-person ）

colonizing

（ participle present ）

colonized

（ participle past ）

colonized

（ past ）

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