colonial enterprise
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcolonialandenterprise
These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withenterprise.
colonial
adjective
uk/kəˈləʊ.ni.əl/us/kəˈloʊ.ni.əl/
relating to a colony ...
See more atcolonial
enterprise
noun
uk/ˈen.tə.praɪz/us/ˈen.t̬ɚ.praɪz/
an organization, especially a business, or a difficult and important plan, especially one that will ...
See more atenterprise
(Definition ofcolonialandenterprisefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofcolonial enterprise
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
On the one hand, it is a rupture in the fabric of tourism as acolonialenterprise, a project of modernity.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Thecolonialenterpriseof defining peoples by delineating their territory was not a preoccupation of international commissions only.
From theCambridge English Corpus
It was as if the whole dynamic of thecolonialenterprisewas being held up to question.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The material and social technologies of the 'cottage' became not only equipment for thecolonialenterprise, but a kind of colonization of the home by a new kind of family.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In-house ideological media to keep in-group motivated and focused on thecolonialenterpriseand news of the 'old country' (bad situation).
From theCambridge English Corpus
As centres of political and economic power they were at the heart of thecolonialenterprise, and it was essential that good order was maintained here.
From theCambridge English Corpus
He was widely hailed as a hero in the popular mind until the 1950s and rethinking of thecolonialenterprise.
From
Wikipedia
The three brothers approach thecolonialenterprisewith different aspirations.
From
Wikipedia
It points to the same ' affective neutrality' and lack of human sympathy that plagued all nineteenth-century colonial enterprises.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Thus, makeshift housing was provided and a minimal infrastructure of roads was built, facilitating the flow of workers to colonial enterprises.
From theCambridge English Corpus
It would be absurd to think that the use of force can be eliminated from colonial enterprises.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
He was hostile to the decadent poets, and positive about colonial enterprises.
From
Wikipedia
For during his stay, he had kept an eye out for lucrative colonial enterprises in which he might wish to acquire an interest for himself and his family.
From
Wikipedia
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Want to learn more?
Go to the definition ofcolonial
Go to the definition ofenterprise
See other collocations withenterprise