Do you think mankind will someday colonize the Moon?
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Colonize
//ˈkɑlənaɪz//
Synonyms for "colonize" (73 found)
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Related words (36)
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1 entriesRelated terms
4 entriesderived
14 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
5 entriesTranslations
50 translations across 41 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- koloniseer verb (to begin a new colony)
Albanian
1 entries- kolonizoj verb (to begin a new colony)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀποικίζω verb (to begin a new colony)
Arabic
1 entries- استعمر verb (to begin a new colony)
Asturian
1 entries- colonizar verb (to begin a new colony)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- müstəmləkələşdirmək verb (to begin a new colony)
Belarusian
1 entries- каланізава́ць verb (to begin a new colony)
Bulgarian
1 entries- колонизи́рам verb (to begin a new colony)
Catalan
1 entries- colonitzar verb (to begin a new colony)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 拓殖 verb (to begin a new colony)
- 殖民 verb (to begin a new colony)
Czech
1 entries- kolonizovat verb (to begin a new colony)
Danish
1 entries- kolonisere verb (to begin a new colony)
Dutch
1 entries- koloniseren verb (to begin a new colony)
Finnish
2 entries- asuttaa verb (to begin a new colony)
- kolonisoida verb (to begin a new colony)
French
1 entries- coloniser verb (to begin a new colony)
Galician
1 entries- colonizar verb (to begin a new colony)
German
1 entries- kolonisieren verb (to begin a new colony)
Greek
1 entries- αποικίσει verb (to begin a new colony)
Hungarian
2 entries- gyarmatosít verb (to begin a new colony)
- kolonizál verb (to begin a new colony)
Italian
1 entries- colonizzare verb (to begin a new colony)
Latvian
1 entries- kolonizēt verb (to begin a new colony)
Lithuanian
1 entries- kolonizuoti verb (to begin a new colony)
Macedonian
1 entries- колонизи́ра verb (to begin a new colony)
Marathi
2 entries- वसाहत करणे verb (to inhabit a new place)
- वसाहत करणे verb (to begin a new colony)
Māori
2 entries- whakakoroni verb (to begin a new colony)
- whakataiwhenua verb (to inhabit a new place)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- kolonisere verb (to begin a new colony)
Occitan
1 entries- colonizar verb (to begin a new colony)
Persian
1 entries- استعمار کردن verb (to begin a new colony)
Polish
2 entries- kolonizować verb (to begin a new colony)
- skolonizować verb (to begin a new colony)
Portuguese
1 entries- colonizar verb (to begin a new colony)
Quechua
1 entries- mitmay verb (to begin a new colony)
Romanian
1 entries- coloniza verb (to begin a new colony)
Russian
1 entries- колонизи́ровать verb (to begin a new colony)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- kolonizírati verb (to begin a new colony)
- колонизи́рати verb (to begin a new colony)
Slovak
1 entries- kolonizovať verb (to begin a new colony)
Slovene
1 entries- kolonizirati verb (to begin a new colony)
Spanish
1 entries- colonizar verb (to begin a new colony)
Swedish
1 entries- kolonisera verb (to begin a new colony)
Turkish
1 entries- sömürgeleştirmek verb (to begin a new colony)
Ukrainian
3 entries- засели́ти verb (to begin a new colony)
- заселя́ти verb (to begin a new colony)
- колонізува́ти verb (to begin a new colony)
Yiddish
1 entries- קאָלאָניזירן verb (to begin a new colony)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
Is the concept of wanting to colonize Mars worthwhile?
Source: tatoeba (1647610)
We need to colonize Mars.
Source: tatoeba (5607228)
We need to colonize other planets.
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