suburbanise

suburbanise
verb
1. take on suburban character
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the city suburbanized

• Syn: ↑suburbanize
• Derivationally related forms: ↑suburban (for: ↑suburbanize)
• Hypernyms: ↑change
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s

2. make suburban in character
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highly suburbanized cities

• Syn: ↑suburbanize
• Derivationally related forms: ↑suburban (for: ↑suburbanize)
• Hypernyms: ↑change, ↑alter, ↑modify
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Something ——s something

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suburˈbanize or suburˈbanise transitive verb
To make suburban
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Main Entry: ↑suburb

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  • suburbanize — suburb ► NOUN ▪ an outlying residential district of a city. DERIVATIVES suburban adjective suburbanite noun suburbanize (also suburbanise) verb. ORIGIN from Latin sub near to + urbs city …   English terms dictionary

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