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- US Pronunciation
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- [ur-buh-nahyz]
- /ˈɜr bəˌnaɪz/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [ur-buh-nahyz]
- /ˈɜr bəˌnaɪz/
Definitions of urbanise word
- verb with object urbanise to make or cause to become urban, as a locality. 1
- verb urbanise Alternative spelling of urbanize. 0
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Origin of urbanise
First appearance:
before 1635 One of the 43% oldest English words
First recorded in 1635-45; urban + -ize
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Urbanise
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
urbanise popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 50% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
urbanise usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for urbanise
verb urbanise
- citify — to cause to conform to or adopt the customs, habits, or dress of city people
See also
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