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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)play

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


 Dictionary entry details 


DECOLONIZE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they decolonize  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it decolonizes  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: decolonized  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: decolonized  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: decolonizing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


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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