urbanize
verb (used with object)
to make or cause to become urban, as a locality.
urbanizing
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present participleof urbanize.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Second-generation meetings were more public, convening in parks or commercial spaces, taking advantage of a China that was rapidly urbanizing, economically booming, and opening to outsiders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025
The research found that WUI areas are expanding worldwide, especially in rapidly urbanizing regions in Africa.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 16, 2024
The losses, mostly driven by habitat destruction on the rapidly urbanizing continent, could prove catastrophic to ecosystem health.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 4, 2024
It reverberates in the bustle and thrum of the continent’s ballooning cities, their hectic streets jammed with new arrivals, that make Africa the most rapidly urbanizing continent on earth.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 29, 2023
Furthermore, to add the country children to the city or village school means one more method of exploiting the rural neighborhoods and urbanizing the children.
From The Challenge of the Country A Study of Country Life Opportunity by George Walter Fiske
