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Colony

nounid 35464·updated May 18, 2026
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a place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated

polysemous

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Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier

Sensitivity

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Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
dependencysettlement
plural
Colonies
possessive
Colony's
pluralpossessive
Colonies'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary5 sensesview framework →
§1
a group of organisms of the same type living or growing together
§2
(microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell
§3
a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland
§4
a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country
§5
a place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
a place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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