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neo-colonizing

neo-colonizing is the present participle and gerund of neo-colonize.

Meaning of neo-colonize

Verb

neo-colonize (third-person singular simple present neo-colonizes, present participle neo-colonizing, simple past and past participle neo-colonized)

  1. (transitive) To convert into a neo-colony.
    • Africans need not continue to fear what they see and interpret as hidden American intentions to neo-colonize and further exploit their continent, directly or through proxies, lackeys, and ploys.2009 July 13, Dr. Kofi J. Roberts, The Sargasso Bridge: America Speaks, Africa Answers, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 85

Questions about neo-colonizing

What is neo-colonizing the present participle and gerund of?
Neo-colonizing is the present participle and gerund of neo-colonize.

Words near neo-colonizing in the dictionary

  1. neo-colonising
  2. neo-colonization
  3. neo-colonize
  4. neo-colonized
  5. neo-colonizes
  6. neo-colonizing
  7. neo-colony
  8. neo-con
  9. Neo-Confucian
  10. Neo-Confucianism
  11. Neo-Confucianist

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