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Meanings of colonise in English

Portuguese
colonizar
Catalan
establir-se
Spanish
colonizar

Settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world.

colonizar
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Examples for "colonize"
Examples for "colonize"
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The virulence mechanisms that allow pathogens to colonize the intestine remain unclear.
Pubmed
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And space is hostile, and most planets difficult and dangerous to colonize.
Dangerous Women
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The South needs no more territory; has not negroes to colonize it.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861 / A Magazin...
4
Given enough time, such creatures could colonize the earth, and we have.
The tiger: a true story of vengeance and survival
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Shiploads of Hamiltonians going out to colonize, to set up model planets.
Cities in Flight
Usage of colonise in English
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One of Musk's ultimate goals is to pioneer efforts to colonise Mars.
The Guardian
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Morgan was not there to colonise Pacific Oceans, but to sack Panama.
On the Spanish Main; Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of D...
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But what about the races you colonise and subject-whocan't protect themselves?
Civilization: Tales of the Orient
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They intend to colonise Somalia, he told hundreds of residents from the town.
Reuters
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The most successful of these endeavours colonise the word for the author's purposes.
The Guardian
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Its urgent apocalyptic spirituality inspired some to colonise the New World.
A history of god: the 4000-year quest of judaism, christianity, ...
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Orchids are some of the first vascular plants to colonise trees.
Radio NZ
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Musk is a big dreamer, most notably for his plans to colonise Mars.
The South African
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They colonise and kill a variety of trees and woody plants.
BBC
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The early primates somehow had to cross open water in order to colonise Africa.
The Guardian
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The country they were about to colonise had been recently overrun by Kafir hordes.
The Settler and the Savage
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DID an ancient tribe of Australian Aborigines colonise the Amazon?
News.com.au
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On the other hand, it could also mean a new home for species to colonise.
Radio NZ
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Brazil's president celebrates torture and claims that his foreign critics want to colonise the Amazon.
The economist
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Insects also have their own pathogens: viruses, bacteria and fungi that colonise their tiny bodies.
The Guardian
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We've had to colonise, to burst out over continents.
Mary Olivier: a Life
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Portuguese
colonizar
Spanish
colonizar
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Colonise across language varieties
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