colonising in English

verb

1

(of a country or its citizens) send a group of settlers to (a place) and establish political control over it.

the Greeks colonized Sicily and southern Italy

synonyms: settle (in), people, populate, occupy, take over, seize, capture, subjugate

verb

settle (in), people, populate, occupy, take over, seize, capture, subjugate

Use "colonising" in a sentence

1. Toads are colonising the whole place.

2. Edward defeated the local Welsh princes in a major campaign and set about permanently colonising the area.

3. The inference is therefore that the fish is either dead or cured by the time fungus gets around to colonising it.

4. 17 The inference is therefore that the fish is either dead or cured by the time fungus gets around to colonising it.

5. The worm is now poised to emerge from its dormant phase and begin to spread rapidly by colonising more machines and sites.

6. Colonise (third-person singular simple present Colonises, present participle colonising, simple past and past participle Colonised) Non- Oxford British English standard spelling of colonize.

7. Antibiotic resistance in bacterial pathogens or several indicator bacteria is commonly studied but the extent of antibiotic resistance in bacterial Commensals colonising the intestinal tract is