Americanize
to make or become American in character; assimilate to the customs and institutions of the United States.
Origin of Americanize
1- Also especially British, A·mer·i·can·ise .
Other words from Americanize
- A·mer·i·can·i·za·tion [uh-mer-i-kuh-nahy-zey-shuhn, -ni-zey-] /əˌmɛr ɪ kə naɪˈzeɪ ʃən, -nɪˈzeɪ-/ especially British, A·mer·i·can·i·sa·tion, noun
- A·mer·i·can·iz·er; especially British, A·mer·i·can·is·er, noun
- de-A·mer·i·can·ize; especially British, de-A·mer·i·can·ise, verb, de-A·mer·i·can·ized, de-A·mer·i·can·iz·ing or (especially British), de-A·mer·i·can·ised, de-A·mer·i·can·is·ing.
- half-A·mer·i·can·ized; especially British, half-A·mer·i·can·ised, adjective
- qua·si-A·mer·i·can·ized; especially British, qua·si-A·mer·i·can·ised, adjective
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How to use Americanize in a sentence
This is an Americanized version of the famed Running with the Bulls festival in Pamplona, Spain.
Think of a latter-day Americanized version of Downton Abbey—where everyone knows his or her place, and our betters look best.
‘Downton Abbey’ Democrats May Cost their Party the Senate | Lloyd Green | March 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIs he an Americanized version of Silvio Berlusconi, determined to wield political and media power in a seamless web of influence?
We are composed of multiple subcultures that prefer not to melt for the honor of becoming Americanized.
You see I soon began to be Americanized and to claim things.
As A Chinaman Saw Us | Anonymous
Would that he and his tribe had never left the Fatherland, if they will not become Americanized!
The American Country Girl | Martha Foote CrowGone are the good old days, but the Americanized Sitka does not propose to be behind the times.
Over the Rocky Mountains to Alaska | Charles Warren StoddardI will back my Americanized Chinaman against any neophyte of European birth in the choice of that article.
The others may have had parents born in other countries, but they themselves were certainly Americanized.
Tramping with Tramps | Josiah Flynt
British Dictionary definitions for Americanize
Americanise
/ (əˈmɛrɪkəˌnaɪz) /
to make or become American in outlook, attitudes, etc
Derived forms of Americanize
- Americanization or Americanisation, noun
- Americanizer or Americaniser, noun
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