English Dictionary

colonize

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈkɑlənaɪz/

動詞

他動詞 自動詞 広義

(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.

日本語の意味

（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。

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

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。

意味（1）

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

意味（2）

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

When you are colonized by dangerous bacteria their presence in your body does no damage. You become a reservoir for those little stinkers.

意味（3）

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

The administration finally sent a naval vessel to return the 368 survivors to the United States in 1864. This ended official efforts to colonize blacks.

意味（4）

(intransitive) To begin a colony or colonies.

意味（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 ）