Present participle of 'colonise'; the ongoing process of establishing colonies or taking control of territories.
Present participle form of 'colonise' with '-ing' suffix. British spelling; American equivalent is 'colonizing.' Standard verb form used in progressive tenses.
The gerund form 'colonising' is especially important in historical writing because it emphasises the active, ongoing nature of colonialism—it wasn't a single event but a continuous process of domination and transformation.
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