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URBANIZE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does urbanize mean?
• URBANIZE (verb)
The verb URBANIZE has 2 senses:
1. make more industrial or city-like
2. impart urban habits, ways of life, or responsibilities upon
Familiarity information: URBANIZE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |




Past simple: urbanized


Past participle: urbanized


-ing form: urbanizing


Sense 1
Meaning:
Make more industrial or city-like
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
urbanise; urbanize
Context example:
The area was urbanized after many people moved in
Hypernyms (to "urbanize" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Verb group:
urbanise; urbanize (impart urban habits, ways of life, or responsibilities upon)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
urban (located in or characteristic of a city or city life)
urbanization (the social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Impart urban habits, ways of life, or responsibilities upon
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
urbanise; urbanize
Context example:
Birds are being urbanized by people in outdoor cafes feeding them
Hypernyms (to "urbanize" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Verb group:
urbanise; urbanize (make more industrial or city-like)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Derivation:
urban (located in or characteristic of a city or city life)
urbanization (the condition of being urbanized)
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