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
Meanwhile, Boyle Heights’ Forsythe Memorial School for Girls, a Protestant missionary school that sought to Americanize Mexican girls, is also on the list of historic places.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2025
We have experienced similar failures, with less bloodshed but more significant strategic consequences, in our recent efforts to Americanize potential rivals.
From New York Times ● Sep. 4, 2021
As a part of their plan to Americanize the tribes, reformers sought legislation to replace this concept with the popular Euro-American notion of real estate ownership and self-reliance.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 30, 2014
“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
Part of the appeal of the neighborhood Americanized Mexican restaurant has long been that it offers a particularly accessible kind of abundance.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026
Were he around today, he’d probably have some thoughts about the state of children’s animation too, after seeing director Andy Serkis’ crass, frenetic, Americanized “update” of his anti-totalitarianism creature tale.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
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
“They wanted us to feel Americanized as much as possible,” Ravula said.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2023
Here she wouldn't be Dimple Shah, wayward, Americanized daughter of immigrant parents; she’d be just Dimple Shah, future web developer.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
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
For her, being in mariachi was how she negotiated the way the education system was Americanizing her and the ties she wanted to maintain with her family’s past.
From New York Times ● Nov. 3, 2022
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
For it is not too much to say that the only effective Americanizing force for the Southeastern European is the labor-union.
From Races and Immigrants in America by John R. (John Rogers) Commons
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