SUBURBANISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does suburbanise mean? 

• SUBURBANISE (verb)
  The verb SUBURBANISE has 2 senses:

1. take on suburban character

2. make suburban in character

  Familiarity information: SUBURBANISE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUBURBANISE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they suburbanise    ... he / she / it suburbanises   
Past simple: suburbanised   
Past participle: suburbanised   
-ing form: suburbanising   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Take on suburban character

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

suburbanise; suburbanize

Context example:

the city suburbanized

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

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make suburban in character

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

suburbanise; suburbanize

Context example:

highly suburbanized cities

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

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

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something