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suburbanize

verb

To make suburban; to convert or adapt to a suburb.

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Meanings

verbsuburbanize (third-person singular simple present suburbanizes, present participle suburbanizing, simple past and past participle suburbanized)

present singular third person suburbanizes · participle present suburbanizing · participle past suburbanized · past suburbanized

transitiveTo make suburban; to convert or adapt to a suburb.
Only in 2007 they are less about pure socialism than a kind of suburbanized version of it.
2007 August 27, Isabel Kershner, “The Kibbutz Sheds Socialism and Gains Popularity”, in New York Times

Synonyms & antonyms

verbtake on suburban character

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Broader

verbmake suburban in character

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From suburban + -ize.

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Translations

German eingemeinden

eingemeindenTo make suburban; to convert or adapt to a suburb.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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