metropolitanize

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verb

To make metropolitan; to adapt to the norms of a metropolis.

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Meanings

verbmetropolitanize (third-person singular simple present metropolitanizes, present participle metropolitanizing, simple past and past participle metropolitanized)

present singular third person metropolitanizes · participle present metropolitanizing · participle past metropolitanized · past metropolitanized

  1. transitiveTo make metropolitan; to adapt to the norms of a metropolis.

Origin

From metropolitan + -ize.

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Translations

French métropolitaniser
  • métropolitaniserTranslations
Italian metropolitanizzare
  • metropolitanizzareTranslations
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APA

metropolitanize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metropolitanize

MLA

“metropolitanize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metropolitanize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “metropolitanize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metropolitanize.

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