colonization
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əˌnaɪz
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World English Dictionary
colonize or colonise (ˈkɒləˌnaɪz) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to send colonists to or establish a colony in (an area) |
| 2. | to settle in (an area) as colonists |
| 3. | (tr) to transform (a community) into a colony |
| 4. | (of plants and animals) to become established in (a new environment) |
| colonise or colonise | |
| —vb | |
| 'colonizable or colonise | |
| —adj | |
| 'colonisable or colonise | |
| —adj | |
| coloni'zation or colonise | |
| —n | |
| coloni'sation or colonise | |
| —n | |
| 'colonizer or colonise | |
| —n | |
| 'coloniser or colonise | |
| —n | |
| colonize or colonise (ˈkɒləˌnaɪz) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to send colonists to or establish a colony in (an area) |
| 2. | to settle in (an area) as colonists |
| 3. | (tr) to transform (a community) into a colony |
| 4. | (of plants and animals) to become established in (a new environment) |
| colonise or colonise | |
| —vb | |
| 'colonizable or colonise | |
| —adj | |
| 'colonisable or colonise | |
| —adj | |
| coloni'zation or colonise | |
| —n | |
| coloni'sation or colonise | |
| —n | |
| 'colonizer or colonise | |
| —n | |
| 'coloniser or colonise | |
| —n | |
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American Heritage
Science Dictionary
colonization  (kŏl'ə-nĭ-zā'shən) Pronunciation Key
The spreading of a species into a new habitat. For example, flying insects and birds are often the first animal species to initiate colonization of barren islands newly formed by vulcanism or falling water levels. The first plant species to colonize such islands are often transported there as airborne seeds or through the droppings of birds. |
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Example sentences
Timber exploitation and colonization are the major threats.
They have no history of colonization of imperialism.
The proposed robust human space flight program doesn't involve permanent colonization.
It also serves us to look for planets habitable to our physiology for colonization possibilities.
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