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WESTERNIZE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they westernize ... he / she / it westernizes
Past simple: westernized
Past participle: westernized
-ing form: westernizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make western in character
Example:
The country was Westernized after it opened up
Synonyms:
occidentalise; occidentalize; westernise; westernize
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "westernize" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Derivation:
western (relating to or characteristic of the western parts of the world or the West as opposed to the eastern or oriental parts)
