SUBURBANIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does suburbanize mean? 

• SUBURBANIZE (verb)
  The verb SUBURBANIZE has 2 senses:

1. take on suburban character

2. make suburban in character

  Familiarity information: SUBURBANIZE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUBURBANIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they suburbanize    ... he / she / it suburbanizes   
Past simple: suburbanized   
Past participle: suburbanized   
-ing form: suburbanizing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Take on suburban character

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

suburbanise; suburbanize

Context example:

the city suburbanized

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

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

suburban (relating to or characteristic of or situated in suburbs)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make suburban in character

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

suburbanise; suburbanize

Context example:

highly suburbanized cities

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

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

suburban (relating to or characteristic of or situated in suburbs)