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| Main Entry: |
colonization
[kol-uh-nahyz]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | settlement of area |
| Synonyms: | clearing, establishment, expanding, expansion, founding, immigration, migration, opening up, peopling, pioneering, populating, settlement, settling, squatting, transplanting |
| Main Entry: | occupy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reside; use |
| Synonyms: | be established, be in command, be in residence, cover, dwell, ensconce, establish, fill, hold, inhabit, involve, keep, live in, maintain, own, people, permeate, pervade, populate, possess, remain, sit, stay, take up, tenant, utilize |
| Antonyms: | not use |
| Main Entry: | reside |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | live or exist in |
| Synonyms: | abide, be intrinsic to, be vested, bide, consist, continue, crash*, dig*, dwell, endure, hang one's hat, inhabit, inhere, lie, locate, lodge, nest, occupy, park*, people, perch, populate, remain, rest with, roost, settle, sojourn, squat, stay, take up residence, tenant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | colonize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | settle |
| Synonyms: | conquer, found, immigrate, migrate, people, pioneer, transplant |
| Main Entry: | populate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | supply with inhabitants |
| Synonyms: | colonize, inhabit, live, occupy, people, settle |
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