English Dictionary

colonize

/ˈkɑlənaɪz/

verb

(transitive) To settle (a place) with colonists, and hence make (a place) into a colony. / (transitive) To settle (a group of people, a species, or the like) in a place as a colony.

The British colonized India in the 18th century.

意味（1）

(transitive) To settle (a place) with colonists, and hence make (a place) into a colony.

意味（2）

(transitive) To settle (a group of people, a species, or the like) in a place as a colony.

When you are colonized by dangerous bacteria their presence in your body does no damage. You become a reservoir for those little stinkers.

意味（3）

(transitive) To settle among and establish control over (the indigenous people of an area).

The administration finally sent a naval vessel to return the 368 survivors to the United States in 1864. This ended official efforts to colonize blacks.

意味（4）

(intransitive) To begin a colony or colonies.

意味（5）

(transitive, social sciences, by extension) To intrude into and take over (the autonomy, experience, social movement, etc, of a less powerful person or group); to commandeer or appropriate.

2010, Daisy Hernandez, Bushra Rehman, Colonize This!: Young Women of Color on Today's Feminism →ISBN: