Singaporize

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US, UK/ˈsɪŋ.ə.pɔˌɹaɪz/Singapore/ˈsiŋ.əˌpɔ.ɹaɪz/

verb

To make or become like Singapore.

Scrabble 23

Meanings

verbSingaporize (third-person singular simple present Singaporizes, present participle Singaporizing, simple past and past participle Singaporized)

present singular third person Singaporizes · participle present Singaporizing · participle past Singaporized · past Singaporized

  1. To make or become like Singapore.

    If the US could Singaporize on both counts, we could be through the worst within a month.

    2020 March 13, Edward Luce, “The coronavirus: my part in its downfall”, in Financial Times, →ISSN
    2 more examples

    If we're going to self-Singaporize the newsgroup to the status of an AOL chat room, forget it. It does not work.

    1996 July 27, Spiros Triantafyllopou, “Misc.kids.moderated - My (long,aimless,self-serving) thoughts”, in misc.kids (Usenet)

    I need to do something to Singaporize him. Maybe I'll blog about the instant Roti Prata that I usually eat at home.

    2007 October 13, “How to cook instant Roti Prata”, in Decay On Net (blog), archived from the original on 17 Mar 2020

Origin

  1. Sanskritसिंहपुर
  2. MalaySingapura
  3. EnglishSingaporize

From Singapore + -ize. The former is from Malay Singapura, from Sanskrit सिंहपुर (siṃhá-pura), from सिंह (siṃha, “lion”) + पुर (pura, “city”).

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Cite this entry
APA

Singaporize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Singaporize

MLA

“Singaporize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Singaporize. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Singaporize,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Singaporize.

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