Third person singular present tense of 'colonise'; establishes or takes control of a territory.
Present tense form of 'colonise' with '-s' suffix. British spelling; American equivalent is 'colonizes.' Standard verb conjugation form.
When we read that a nation 'colonises' a territory, it sounds like a simple historical fact, but it's worth pausing to ask: colonises from whose perspective? The people already living there would describe it very differently.
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