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colonise

UK/ˈkɒlənaɪz/

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British/ˈkɔlənɑjz/

colonise verb: non-Oxford British standard spelling of colonize.

Verb

colonise (third-person singular simple present colonises, present participle colonising, simple past and past participle colonised)

  1. Non-Oxford British standard spelling of colonize.
    • “I sovereign, Lidia Thorpe, do solemnly and sincerely swear that I will be faithful and I bear true allegiance to the colonising her majesty Queen Elizabeth II,” she said.2022 August 1, Josh Butler, quoting Lidia Thorpe, “Australian senator calls the Queen a coloniser while being sworn in to parliament”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

colonise meaning in Bengali and Kannada

colonise in Bengali

উপনিবেশ স্থাপন করা

colonise in Kannada

ವಸಾಹತು ಸ್ಥಾಪಿಸು, ನೆಲಸು, ವಲಸೆ ಹೂಡು

Forms of colonise

third-person singular presentcolonises
present participlecolonising
past participlecolonised
pastcolonised
alternative formcolonize

Words formed from colonise

Questions about colonise

What does colonise mean?
Colonise means non-Oxford British standard spelling of colonize.
What is colonise in Bengali?
Colonise in Bengali is উপনিবেশ স্থাপন করা. See Colonise meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is colonise?
Colonise is a verb.
How do you pronounce colonise?
Colonise is pronounced /ˈkɒlənaɪz/ (UK).
What is the past tense of colonise?
The past tense of colonise is colonised.

Words near colonise in the dictionary

  1. colonisable
  2. colonisation
  3. colonisational
  4. colonisationist
  5. colonisations
  6. colonise
  7. colonised
  8. colonisee
  9. colonisees
  10. coloniser
  11. colonisers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: colonise (page history and authors); colonise (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); colonise (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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