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Meanings of colonize in English

Portuguese
colonizar
Catalan
establir-se
Spanish
colonizar

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

      colonizar

      To establish a colony.

            Usage of colonize in English
            1
            The virulence mechanisms that allow pathogens to colonize the intestine remain unclear.
            Pubmed
            2
            And space is hostile, and most planets difficult and dangerous to colonize.
            Dangerous Women
            3
            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
            5
            Shiploads of Hamiltonians going out to colonize, to set up model planets.
            Cities in Flight
            6
            Does not England colonize; does not Germany colonize; does not France colonize?
            The Canadian Commonwealth
            7
            To Perestrelo he gave the island of Porto Santo, to colonize it.
            The Life of Columbus
            8
            There are even barriers against developing spacecraft that can colonize the galaxy.
            The Science of Battlestar Galactica
            9
            Stars, in fact, had begun to colonize the darkness behind his lids.
            Jitterbug Perfume
            10
            The earlier attempts to colonize North America were numerous, but all unfavorable.
            International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1,...
            11
            This was the first two-stage planet man had ever attempted to colonize.
            General Max Shorter
            12
            Solid cancers and hematologic cancers frequently colonize bone and induce skeletal-related complications.
            Pubmed
            13
            Given different circumstances, perhaps Neanderthals would have gone on to colonize the world.
            Wired
            14
            I doubt Makers still send emissaries instructed to colonize far planets.
            Existence
            15
            By the way not a single African went to colonize any European country.
            The South African
            16
            We conclude that S. Typhimurium uses different strategies to colonize calves and chicks.
            Pubmed
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            Translations for colonize
            Portuguese
            colonizar
            Spanish
            colonizar
            Colonize through the time
            Colonize across language varieties
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