WESTERNIZE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they westernize ... he / she / it westernizes

Past simple: westernized

Past participle: westernized

-ing form: westernizing

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)