DECOLONISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does decolonise mean? 

• DECOLONISE (verb)
  The verb DECOLONISE has 1 sense:

1. grant independence to (a former colony)

  Familiarity information: DECOLONISE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DECOLONISE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they decolonise    ... he / she / it decolonises   
Past simple: decolonised   
Past participle: decolonised   
-ing form: decolonising   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Grant independence to (a former colony)

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

decolonise; decolonize

Context example:

West Africa was decolonized in the early 1960's

Hypernyms (to "decolonise" is one way to...):

liberate; set free (grant freedom to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Antonym:

colonise (settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world)

Derivation:

decolonisation (the action of changing from colonial to independent status)