colony-n; 6 Senses

Sense Number 1: settlement of people distant from their homeland

Commentary: COLONY[+entity][+group][+person][+settlement][+isolated][+governed][+remotely]

Examples:
The colony resented taxation without representation.
He grew tired of socializing with the American colony in Paris.
The colonies could not initially agree on the wording of their declaration to the king.

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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 2: localized population of organisms living together

Commentary: COLONY[+entity][+group][+organism][+population][+localized]

Examples:
The biologist has studied various ant colonies for many years.
The island supports a healthy colony of seals.

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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2

Sense Number 3: settlement of people with a common circumstance

Commentary: COLONY[+entity][+group][+person][+settlement][+circumstances][+shared]

Examples:
Mary lived in an artists colony during her early twenties.
It was a famous leper colony of the sixteenth century.
The novel is set in a penal colony in Siberia.

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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 5

Sense Number 4: geographic region governed politically by a distant nation

Commentary: COLONY[+location][+region][+geographical][+governed][+remotely]

Examples:
The region between those two rivers was a former French colony in the 19th century.
Their new world colonies were rich in natural resources such as gold, timber and coal.

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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 6

Sense Number 5: group of organisms grown from a single parent cell

Commentary: COLONY[+entity][+group][+organism][+generated][+parent][+single]
NOTE: either single cells or single spores

Examples:
Under the microscope, the slide revealed a colony of bacteria.
Antibiotics attack the friendly colonies of bacteria in the intestines.
A colony of mushrooms sprang up overnight under the tree in the back yard.

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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 6: none of the above

Commentary: Automatically generated NOTA sense (bbn)

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