ur·ban·i·za·tion

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• La|ban|o|ta|tion — «LAH buh noh TAY shuhn, LAY », noun. a method of noting and recording dance movements and arrangements. ╂[< Rudolf von Laban, a Hungarian German dance teacher, who devised and wrote about the method in 1928] …   Useful english dictionary

• ur|ban|i|za|tion — «UR buh nuh ZAY shuhn», noun. the process of making or becoming urban …   Useful english dictionary

• sub|ur|ban|i|za|tion — «suh BUR buh nuh ZAY shuhn», noun. the act or process of suburbanizing or being suburbanized: »The suburbanization of American life and growth of the middle class (Harper s) …   Useful english dictionary

• ur·ban·i·sa·tion — ↑urbanization …   Useful english dictionary

• tion — ab·bre·vi·a·tion; ab·di·ca·tion; ab·duc·tion; ab·er·ra·tion; ab·er·ra·tion·al; ab·jec·tion; ab·junc·tion; ab·ju·ra·tion; ab·lac·ta·tion; ab·la·tion; ab·lu·tion; ab·mi·gra·tion; ab·ne·ga·tion; ab·o·li·tion; ab·o·li·tion·ary; ab·o·li·tion·dom;… …   English syllables

• ban — af·ro cu·ban; al·a·ban·dite; al·ban·ite; an·a·ban·tid; ar·a·ban; ban·at; Ban·bury; ban·ca; ban·cal; ban·cha; ban·croft·i·an; ban·da; ban·dag·er; ban·da·ite; ban·da·ka; ban·da·lore; ban·dan·na; ban·dan·naed; ban·dar; ban·dar log; ban·deau;… …   English syllables

• ba´nal|i|za´tion — ba|nal|ize «BAY nuh lyz, BAN uh », transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. to make banal; reduce to something commonplace or ordinary: »These traits of good character have been banalized by advertising (Scientific American). –ba´nal|i|za´tion, noun …   Useful english dictionary

• pro|lif|er|a|tion — «proh LIHF uh RAY shuhn», noun. 1. reproduction, as by budding or cell division. 2. a spreading; propagation: »The draft of the test ban treaty contained an expression of desire to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons (Seymour Topping).… …   Useful english dictionary

• sub — sub·abdominal; sub·account; sub·acetate; sub·acid; sub·acidity; sub·acute; sub·adult; sub·aerial; sub·aesthetic; sub·age; sub·agency; sub·agent; sub·akhmimic; sub·alary; sub·alate; sub·alimentation; sub·alkaline; sub·allocate; sub·almoner;… …   English syllables

• suburbanize — sub•ur•ban•ize [[t]səˈbɜr bəˌnaɪz[/t]] v. t. ized, iz•ing to give suburban characteristics to • Etymology: 1890–95 sub•ur ban•i•za′tion, n …   From formal English to slang