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urbanize

🇬🇧 UK/'ə:bənaiz/🇺🇸 US/'ә:bәnaiz/
TOEFLB2

Definitions

v.

To make a place or person more urban in character; to develop into an urban area.

使城市化;使都市化

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
urbancity
+
izeto make, to become
=urbanize

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    Rapid industrialization urbanized many rural communities.

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