Hyphenation of colonize

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word colonize? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

col-o-nize

Definitions of colonize:

1.	Settle as a colony Of countries in the developing world Europeans colonized Africa in the 17th century
2.	Settle as colonists or establish a colony (in) The British colonized the East Coast

Synonyms of colonize:

verb	colonise, annex
verb	colonise, settle, locate

Last hyphenations of this language

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The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.