Americanize
Americanverb (used with or without object)
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Americanizes,
present (3rd person singular)
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Americanized,
past participle, past
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Americanizing
present participle
verb
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
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Americanizationnoun
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Americanizernoun
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de-Americanizeverb
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half-Americanizedadjective
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quasi-Americanizedadjective
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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Americanizesimple
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Americanizessimple
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have Americanizedperfect
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has Americanizedperfect
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am Americanizingprogressive
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are Americanizingprogressive
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is Americanizingprogressive
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have been Americanizingperfect progressive
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has been Americanizingperfect progressive
Past
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Americanizedsimple
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had Americanizedperfect
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was Americanizingprogressive
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were Americanizingprogressive
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had been Americanizingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of Americanize
Example Sentences
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And his character is complex in novel ways: The child of Chinese immigrants, Alexander was reared by people almost desperate to Americanize themselves, and he too has a hunger to be accepted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025
“I am worried that they will Americanize it,” said George Norohna, a 61-year-old retired civil servant, who remembers the show as the first thing he ever saw on a color television.
From New York Times ● May 14, 2024
But if there was one lesson learned that might well be etched on some memorial to the lost cause of Afghanistan, it might well be Milley’s summation: “Don’t Americanize the war,” Milley said.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 28, 2021
An unnerving and compelling series in its own right, it also offers a primer on how to Americanize a tale without ruining it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 9, 2015
“And what better way to Americanize the children than to buy a car!”
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
I don't care that chef Eddie Americanizes recipes.
From New York Times ● Apr. 9, 2018
Figuring out which direction each of these pastors pulled—toward a Christian nation or an Americanized Christianity, or both—might have added fine print to Mr. Sutton’s catalog of believers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 2026
Francisco and his wife, Lucia, left Mexico for a better life in the early 1900s, so it’s hard to imagine what they would make of their thoroughly Americanized descendants today.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2025
And three, they thought he was too Americanized.
From Salon ● May 20, 2024
“They wanted us to feel Americanized as much as possible,” Ravula said.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2023
Grandma sent Mom a recipe, and Mom Americanized and adapted it, but she called Grandma every year as she made it, chatting about ingredients and measurements and life.
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
Many Canadians despise him for Americanizing their game, but he devised a program to aid Canada-based teams when currency disparities handicapped them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2023
It broke several records on Spotify and YouTube, and opened more doors for Latin music to be integrated on pop radio without watering down or Americanizing its songs.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 22, 2018
But while he has sought a resolution of the Syrian civil war, Mattis in 2013 warned against Americanizing what would be a “very, very serious war”.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 1, 2016
The Lisnianskys came to the United States in 1925, Americanizing their name in the processes.
From New York Times ● Jun. 4, 2010
A public recreation hall in a rural community may be made one of the most effective Americanizing agencies.
From A Stake in the Land by Peter A. (Peter Alexander) Speek
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