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# colonised

verb past form of colonise (colonise, colonises, colonised, colonising); adjective (colonised); US spelling colonized

«colonised» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. When a country colonised a land, it took control of it and sent its people to live there, often taking the land from the people already living there. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/colonised/#m1)
2. (science) When animals or plants colonise a place, they move in and start living and growing there. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/colonised/#m2)

### In the lessons

In history lessons it comes with empires: Britain colonised Australia, India and parts of Africa and America, which brought great harm to the Indigenous peoples. In science, plants colonise new land after a volcano or fire. Phrases: colonised by, the colonised peoples.

### Examples

- Britain colonised Australia and New Zealand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/colonised/#x1)
- The land was colonised by Europeans who took it from the people already living there. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/colonised/#x2)
- Many colonised countries became independent later. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/colonised/#x3)
- After the fire, grasses quickly colonised the bare ground. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/colonised/#x4)
- Moss colonised the old wall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/colonised/#x5)
- Bacteria colonised the dish of jelly in our experiment. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/colonised/#x6)

### Note

UK spelling colonised, US colonized. Nouns: colony, colonist, colonisation, colonialism. Colonising was often violent and unfair; history books now tell both sides.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «colonised» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/colonised/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«colonised» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/colonised.html) on Mova free.