DECOLONISE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they decolonise ... he / she / it decolonises

Past simple: decolonised

Past participle: decolonised

-ing form: decolonising

Meaning:

Grant independence to (a former colony)

Example:

West Africa was decolonized in the early 1960's

Synonyms:

decolonise; decolonize

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "decolonise" is one way to...):

liberate; set free (grant freedom to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Antonym:

colonise (settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world)

Derivation:

decolonisation (the action of changing from colonial to independent status)