colonization

colonisation

Processus par lequel un pays crée des établissements ailleurs et prend le contrôle de ces territoires.

En anglais simple : The process by which a country establishes settlements and takes control of land elsewhere.

• Colonization changed life on the island.
• The museum explains the history of European colonization.
• Many local people resisted the colonization of their land.

Comment l'utiliser : colonization of somewhere (The book discusses the colonization of the island.)

Synonymes : colonisation

Expressions courantes : European colonization, colonization of something, overseas colonization

colonisation

Installation d'un établissement ou d'une nouvelle population d'êtres vivants dans un lieu.

En anglais simple : The process of setting up a settlement or a new population in a place.

• They discussed the colonization of Mars.
• Bacterial colonization begins on the surface of the tooth.
• The study tracked bird colonization of the new islands.

Comment l'utiliser : colonization of something (We studied the colonization of bare rocks by plants.)

Synonymes : colonisation

Expressions courantes : colonization of somewhere, bacterial colonization, colonization of habitats