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urbanize

urbanize verb: to make something more urban in character.

Verb

urbanize (third-person singular simple present urbanizes, present participle urbanizing, simple past and past participle urbanized)

  1. To make something more urban in character.
  2. To take up an urban way of life.

urbanize meaning in Tamil

urbanize in Tamil

நகரியமாக்கு

Forms of urbanize

third-person singular presenturbanizes
present participleurbanizing
past participleurbanized
pasturbanized
alternative formurbanise

Origin of urbanize

From urban + -ize.

Words formed from urbanize

Questions about urbanize

What does urbanize mean?
Urbanize means to make something more urban in character.
What is urbanize in Tamil?
Urbanize in Tamil is நகரியமாக்கு. See Urbanize meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is urbanize?
Urbanize is a verb.
What is the past tense of urbanize?
The past tense of urbanize is urbanized.

Words near urbanize in the dictionary

  1. urbanities
  2. urbanitis
  3. urbanity
  4. urbanization
  5. urbanizations
  6. urbanize
  7. urbanized
  8. urbanizer
  9. urbanizers
  10. urbanizes
  11. urbanizing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: urbanize (page history and authors); urbanize (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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