colonies

NOUN

community

Synonyms

STRONGEST

outpost protectorate province territory

STRONG

antecedents clearing dependency dominion mandate offshoot possession satellite settlement swarm

WEAK

new land subject state

Example Sentences

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Researchers from Swansea University have helped to plan the ants' transportation and will support ongoing monitoring to understand how the colonies develop and how they influence the surrounding ecosystem.

From BBC • Jun. 28, 2026

The figures portrayed include George Germain, a former general who, as secretary of state for the colonies, was largely to blame for Britain’s strategic incoherence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026

Others have raised environmental concerns over colonies of common swifts nesting in the park.

From Barron's • Jun. 26, 2026

"Honeybee colonies are not simply collections of individuals. They function as integrated biological systems capable of engineering their own environments."

From Science Daily • Jun. 23, 2026

There were no schools of fish or colonies of crabs or fronds of seaweed.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown