WESTERNISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does westernise mean? 

• WESTERNISE (verb)
  The verb WESTERNISE has 1 sense:

1. make western in character

  Familiarity information: WESTERNISE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WESTERNISE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they westernise    ... he / she / it westernises   
Past simple: westernised   
Past participle: westernised   
-ing form: westernising   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make western in character

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

occidentalise; occidentalize; westernise; westernize

Context example:

The country was Westernized after it opened up

Hypernyms (to "westernise" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody