On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Colonize. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as colonise or annex and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Colonize in a sentence
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Colonize meaning
- To settle (a place) with colonists, and hence make (a place) into a colony.
- To settle among and establish control over (the indigenous people of an area).
- To begin a colony or colonies.
Synonyms of Colonize
Using Colonize
- The main meaning on this page is: To settle (a place) with colonists, and hence make (a place) into a colony. | To settle among and establish control over (the indigenous people of an area). | To begin a colony or colonies.
- Useful related words include: colonise, annex, decolonise, decolonize.
- In the example corpus, colonize often appears in combinations such as: to colonize, colonize the, colonize new.
Context around Colonize
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 5 middle, 14 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Colonize
- In this selection, "colonize" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 25.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, canada, aliens, space, mars and nature stand out and add context to how "colonize" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include able to colonize new planets and able to colonize other planets. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "colonize" sits close to words such as abalone, abomination and accountancy, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with colonize
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Elon Musk has openly expressed his ambition to colonize Mars by 2050. (12 words)
America is laughed at by the powers that the G7 desires to colonize. (13 words)
Species are classified as alien when they colonize habitat outside their native ranges. (13 words)
They’re saying: “If our species gets through the next century or two, then it’s likely that humans will be around not just for thousands but for millions of years, because by then we’ll be able to colonize other planets. (42 words)
There is also a 'founder effect' where the genetic sequences in one region might look different from those of an earlier outbreak due to the random chance of which variants happened to colonize that new region. (36 words)
But if the biofilm retains liquid water through to daytime there isn’t really any limit on how warm it could get and still retain liquid within the biofilm that perhaps Earth life could colonize. (35 words)
Politics Insider, Nov. 26: Ontario's auditor general drops a special report on Queen's Park, Health Canada has some deets on Canada's vaccine plan and should Canada colonize the moon? (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
And as we colonize space we will need people to bring us our cars.
And while privet’s ability to quickly regenerate has made it popular as a “living fence” in American yards, “this resiliency is also what causes it to colonize nature areas,” Miklas said.
In future versions, players will be able to colonize new planets, develop mining operations and then trade goods with each other.
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has that he hopes to place humans on Mars and elsewhere, thus allowing our species to colonize other parts of the galaxy.
The film will see starring as Mickey Barnes, an expendable employee sent to outer space on a mission to colonize a new world.
We should be using our resources to explore and colonize space; not wasting our precious remaining global resources waging feudal wars for profit.
America is laughed at by the powers that the G7 desires to colonize.
Elon Musk has openly expressed his ambition to colonize Mars by 2050.
They’re saying: “If our species gets through the next century or two, then it’s likely that humans will be around not just for thousands but for millions of years, because by then we’ll be able to colonize other planets.
In that story, the Tenth Doctor encounters a "fixed point in time" in 2059 that will inspire the human race to spread out into the cosmos and colonize and explore the galaxy.
Politics Insider, Nov. 26: Ontario's auditor general drops a special report on Queen's Park, Health Canada has some deets on Canada's vaccine plan and should Canada colonize the moon?
Species are classified as alien when they colonize habitat outside their native ranges.
There is also a 'founder effect' where the genetic sequences in one region might look different from those of an earlier outbreak due to the random chance of which variants happened to colonize that new region.
A significant number of serious scientists believe it will take hundreds or thousands of years to colonize Mars.
Basically, it was a starter kit of all the technology humans needed to colonize the asteroid belt.
But if the biofilm retains liquid water through to daytime there isn’t really any limit on how warm it could get and still retain liquid within the biofilm that perhaps Earth life could colonize.
But rarely do we see a movie that deals with the aftermath of an invasion - what the world (assuming it isn’t destroyed) looks like years after aliens colonize rather than annihilate.
In this case 'microbiome' describes all colonizing trillion microorganisms present in a human being, in particular, all the bacteria in the gut, but can also be microorganisms that colonize your skin, mouth, and nasal cavity.
It was that same stup1d welcoming grin on the faces of Africans that caused foreigners to colonize us.
Nov. 15 (UPI) -- Long thought to be some of the first living organisms to colonize land, new research suggests lichens aren't nearly as old as scientists thought.
Common combinations with colonize
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to colonize 47×
- colonize the 19×
- colonize new 4×
- colonize other 4×
- colonize mars 4×
- and colonize 3×
- colonize space 2×
- they colonize 2×
- colonize us 2×