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Meaning of colonise | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

Non-Oxford British standard spelling of colonize.

Equivalents

Ελληνικά αποικίζω αποικώ
Français colonise colonisé colonisé
Bahasa Indonesia jajah
日本語 拓殖
Polski zasiedlać zasiedlić

Examples

““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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

colonised colonises colonising colonize colonized colonizes

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