URBANISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does urbanise mean? 

• URBANISE (verb)
  The verb URBANISE has 2 senses:

1. impart urban habits, ways of life, or responsibilities upon

2. make more industrial or city-like

  Familiarity information: URBANISE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• URBANISE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they urbanise    ... he / she / it urbanises   
Past simple: urbanised   
Past participle: urbanised   
-ing form: urbanising   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Impart urban habits, ways of life, or responsibilities upon

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

urbanise; urbanize

Context example:

Birds are being urbanized by people in outdoor cafes feeding them

Hypernyms (to "urbanise" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Verb group:

urbanise; urbanize (make more industrial or city-like)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Derivation:

urbanisation (the condition of being urbanized)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make more industrial or city-like

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

urbanise; urbanize

Context example:

The area was urbanized after many people moved in

Hypernyms (to "urbanise" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Verb group:

urbanise; urbanize (impart urban habits, ways of life, or responsibilities upon)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

urbanisation (the social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban)