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Manhattanized

Manhattanized is the simple past and past participle of Manhattanize.

Meaning of Manhattanize

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

Questions about Manhattanized

What is Manhattanized the simple past and past participle of?
Manhattanized is the simple past and past participle of Manhattanize.

Words near Manhattanized in the dictionary

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

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