Yemenize

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verb

To make Yemeni.

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Meanings

verbYemenize (third-person singular simple present Yemenizes, present participle Yemenizing, simple past and past participle Yemenized)

present singular third person Yemenizes · participle present Yemenizing · participle past Yemenized · past Yemenized

  1. transitiveTo make Yemeni.

    1982, Abdul Rahman al-Haddad, Unesco, Cultural Policy in the Yemen Arab Republic, United Nations Educational The most difficult problem that faced the revolution in expanding schools and developing education, however, was the problem of Yemenizing curricula and training qualified teachers.

    2 more examples

    To what extent is the project likely to provide results useful in the effort to Yemenize the teacher corps?

    1988, External Mid-term Evaluation Improving the Efficiency of Education System II

    This output would be insufficient to Yemenize the preparatory and secondary teaching force by the end of the decade.

    1989, Yemen Arab Republic: Development Needs of the Education Sector

Origin

From Yemen + -ize.

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

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

Chicago

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

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