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- [kol-uh-nahyz]
- /ˈkɒl əˌnaɪz/
- /ˈkɒl.ə.naɪz/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [kol-uh-nahyz]
- /ˈkɒl əˌnaɪz/
Definitions of colonised word
- verb with object colonised to establish a colony in; settle: England colonized Australia. 1
- verb with object colonised to form a colony of: to colonize laborers in a mining region. 1
- verb without object colonised to form a colony: They went out to Australia to colonize. 1
- verb without object colonised to settle in a colony. 1
- noun colonised Simple past tense and past participle of colonise. 1
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Origin of colonised
First appearance:
before 1615 One of the 41% oldest English words
First recorded in 1615-25; colon(y) + -ize
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Colonised
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
colonised popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 80% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
colonised usage trend in Literature
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