colonised

«colonised» in Mova's school dictionary: When a country colonised a land, it took control of it… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

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

meaning for a pupil

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 →

2) (science) When animals or plants colonise a place, they move in and start living and growing there. tree →

sense 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 →
• The land was colonised by Europeans who took it from the people already living there. tree →
• Many colonised countries became independent later. tree →
• After the fire, grasses quickly colonised the bare ground. tree →
• Moss colonised the old wall. tree →
• Bacteria colonised the dish of jelly in our experiment. tree →

note

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

In the corpora

• Thailand, with its capital Bangkok, is the only country in South-East Asia never colonised by a European power.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «colonised» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.