urbanize
pronunciation
How to pronounce urbanize in British English:
UK ['ɜ:bənaɪz]
How to pronounce urbanize in American English:
US [ˈɚbəˌnaɪz]
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- Verb:
- make more industrial or city-like
- impart urban habits, ways of life, or responsibilities upon
Word Origin
- urbanize (v.)
- 1640s, "to make more civil;" 1884 "to make into a city," from urban + -ize; in the latter sense from French urbaniser (1873). Related: Urbanized; urbanizing.
Example
- 1. The government is trying to urbanize this area .
- 2. They still have to urbanize another 400 million people at least .
- 3. It 's hard to urbanize because of bad influence on agriculture , benefits loss of farmers and workers .
- 4. At the same time , it 's risky to bet against an economy with $ 2.6 trillion of foreign currency reserves and where the majority of the population is only beginning to fully urbanize and embrace higher standards of living , a trend likely to bring more investment opportunities .
- 5. Peasant problem is the relationship between peasants and land , agriculture problem is about how to manage the farmland ; countryside problem is about how to make the country urbanize .