urbanize
🇺🇸
/ˈɚbəˌnaɪz/
🇬🇧
/'ɜ:bənaɪz/
verb
B2
To turn a countryside area into a city by building houses, roads, and services.
The government wants to urbanize the rural areas to create more living space for people.
B2
To make someone used to city life and its ways.
Living in the capital helped urbanize him and he learned to enjoy busy city life.
translation
To turn a countryside area into a city by building houses, roads, and services.; To make someone used to city life and its ways.
Word Forms
Perfect
urbanized
Progressive
urbanizing
3rd Present
urbanizes
Past
urbanized