urbanize
Origin of urbanize
1- Also especially British, ur·ban·ise .
Other words from urbanize
- ur·ban·i·za·tion, noun
- non·ur·ban·ized, adjective
- o·ver·ur·ban·ize, verb, o·ver·ur·ban·ized, o·ver·ur·ban·iz·ing.
- un·ur·ban·ized, adjective
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How to use urbanize in a sentence
The state is diversifying and urbanizing at an incredible clip.
What are the odds of Democratic wins in the Georgia runoffs? | Amber Phillips | November 6, 2020 | Washington PostIn the large cities the urbanized working class were slaves to a plutocracy.
Every state in the United States is becoming more urbanized.
Israel and Palestine—it cannot be stressed enough—exist in a globalized, networked, densely populated, urbanized land.
Israelis and Palestinians: Getting Down To Business | Bernard Avishai | June 24, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Democrats dominate the urbanized coasts and the industrial Midwest.
Starbucks’ Effort to Solve the Fiscal Cliff Probably Won’t Work | Daniel Gross | December 26, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
He has food stamps and soup kitchens that provide him enough to eat, as do most homeless people in most urbanized areas.
Officer’s Gift to ‘Homeless’ Man Triggers Controversy | Winston Ross | December 7, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTTheir minds have been urbanized; all their thoughts are city thoughts.
Rural Life and the Rural School | Joseph KennedyEurope was transformed from an agricultural to an urbanized, industrial area.
The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy | Theodore Lothrop Stoddard
British Dictionary definitions for urbanize
urbanise
/ (ˈɜːbəˌnaɪz) /
(usually passive)
to make (esp a predominantly rural area or country) more industrialized and urban
to cause the migration of an increasing proportion of (rural dwellers) into cities
Derived forms of urbanize
- urbanization or urbanisation, noun
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