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DECOLONIZE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does decolonize mean?
• DECOLONIZE (verb)
The verb DECOLONIZE has 1 sense:
1. grant independence to (a former colony)
Familiarity information: DECOLONIZE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they decolonize ... he / she / it decolonizes
Past simple: decolonized
Past participle: decolonized
-ing form: decolonizing
... he / she / it decolonizes Past simple: decolonized
Past participle: decolonized
-ing form: decolonizing
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 "decolonize" is one way to...):
liberate; set free (grant freedom to)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Antonym:
colonize (settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world)
Derivation:
decolonization (the action of changing from colonial to independent status)
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