- metropolitanize
- \\-ˌīz\ transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
: to make metropolitan
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
metropolitanize
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metropolitanize — (Amer.) v. become urban, make urban; sophisticate; make metropolitan (also metropolitanise) … English contemporary dictionary
metropolitanize — [mə′trō paul′i tənīz΄, me΄trə päl′i tənīz΄] vt. metropolitanized, metropolitanizing to cause to be metropolitan or have a metropolitan character metropolitanism n. metropolitanization n … English World dictionary
metropolitanize — metropolitanization, n. /me treuh pol i tn uyz /, v.t., metropolitanized, metropolitanizing. to make metropolitan. Also, esp. Brit., metropolitanise. [1850 55; METROPOLITAN + IZE] * * * … Universalium
metropolitanize — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To imbue with city ways, manners, and customs: citify, urbanize. See URBAN … English dictionary for students
metropolitanize — met·ro·pol·i·tan·ize … English syllables
metropolitanized — metropolitanize (Amer.) v. become urban, make urban; sophisticate; make metropolitan (also metropolitanise) … English contemporary dictionary
metropolitanizes — metropolitanize (Amer.) v. become urban, make urban; sophisticate; make metropolitan (also metropolitanise) … English contemporary dictionary
metropolitanizing — metropolitanize (Amer.) v. become urban, make urban; sophisticate; make metropolitan (also metropolitanise) … English contemporary dictionary
citify — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To imbue with city ways, manners, and customs: metropolitanize, urbanize. See URBAN … English dictionary for students
metropolitanise — (Brit.) v. become urban, make urban; sophisticate; make metropolitan (also metropolitanize) … English contemporary dictionary
