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    SUBURBANIZE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (verb) 

    Verb forms

    Present simple: I / you / we / they suburbanize  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it suburbanizes  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past simple: suburbanized  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past participle: suburbanized  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    -ing form: suburbanizing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Make suburban in characterplay

    Example:

    highly suburbanized cities

    Synonyms:

    suburbanise; suburbanize

    Classified under:

    Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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

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

    Sentence frames:

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

    Derivation:

    suburban (relating to or characteristic of or situated in suburbs)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Take on suburban characterplay

    Example:

    the city suburbanized

    Synonyms:

    suburbanise; suburbanize

    Classified under:

    Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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

    change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

    Sentence frame:

    Something ----s

    Derivation:

    suburban (relating to or characteristic of or situated in suburbs)

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