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Manhattanize

Manhattanize verb: to construct many tall or densely situated buildings in (a city).

Verb

Manhattanize (third-person singular simple present Manhattanizes, present participle Manhattanizing, simple past and past participle Manhattanized)

  1. (transitive) To construct many tall or densely situated buildings in (a city).
    • San Francisco's Board of Supervisors last month approved a new zoning law designed to limit the height and size of office towers and to reduce by half the projected employment growth downtown over the next 15 years. ¶ Adoption of the plan came after more than a decade of complaints from San...1985 August 4, Robert Lindsey, “The Struggle to Keep Skylines in Line”, in New York Times

Forms of Manhattanize

third-person singular presentManhattanizes
present participleManhattanizing
past participleManhattanized
pastManhattanized

Origin of Manhattanize

From Manhattan + -ize.

Words formed from Manhattanize

Questions about Manhattanize

What does Manhattanize mean?
Manhattanize means to construct many tall or densely situated buildings in (a city).
What part of speech is Manhattanize?
Manhattanize is a verb.
What is the past tense of Manhattanize?
The past tense of Manhattanize is Manhattanized.

Words near Manhattanize in the dictionary

  1. Manhattanhenge
  2. Manhattanism
  3. Manhattanite
  4. Manhattanites
  5. Manhattanization
  6. Manhattanize
  7. Manhattanized
  8. Manhattanizes
  9. Manhattanizing
  10. manhattans
  11. Manhattanville

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