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SUBURBANISE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they suburbanise ... he / she / it suburbanises
Past simple: suburbanised
Past participle: suburbanised
-ing form: suburbanising
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make suburban in character
Example:
highly suburbanized cities
Synonyms:
suburbanise; suburbanize
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "suburbanise" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Take on suburban character
Example:
the city suburbanized
Synonyms:
suburbanise; suburbanize
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "suburbanise" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
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