Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To make urban in nature or character.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To render urbane.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To render urban, or urbane; to refine; to polish.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To make something more
urban in character. - verb To take up an urban
way of life .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb make more industrial or city-like
- verb impart urban habits, ways of life, or responsibilities upon
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Examples
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From his attempt to "urbanize" the Republican Party to his "strategic" use of the uttered gaffe, he has personified a political party that is lost far, far out in the woods.
Top Ten PR Blunders of 2009 Rich Robinson 2010
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From his attempt to "urbanize" the Republican Party to his "strategic" use of the uttered gaffe, he has personified a political party that is lost far, far out in the woods.
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From his attempt to "urbanize" the Republican Party to his "strategic" use of the uttered gaffe, he has personified a political party that is lost far, far out in the woods.
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China's rate is half that, and India has not yet begun to urbanize in a serious way, with only 29% of its people in cities.
Cities of the Sky Greg Lindsay 2011
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It's a collective spirit we've somehow let slip through our fingers as we've continued to grow, to urbanize, and to compartmentalize our problems and their small solutions.
Rick Fedrizzi: Self-Reliance Becomes a Movement Rick Fedrizzi 2012
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The state of public services in China's rural areas—health care in particular—has become a major concern as China continues to urbanize.
China to Raise Poverty Threshold Josh Chin 2011
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There is a social pressure on the government to continue to urbanize people, provide jobs and raise standards of living and wages.
Farr-Jones Takes Winning Mindset to Funds David Winning 2011
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They still have to urbanize another 400 million people at least.
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They still have to urbanize another 400 million people at least.
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The country must urbanize if it has to develop economically, it cannot continue to live in villages.
The Genesis of Jobs Rajeev Mantri 2010
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