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View definitions for urbanize

urbanize

verb as in citify

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It was a lot more crowded today and it has been urbanized like so many cities.

As the world population continues to grow and urbanize, a lot more people will be buying all their food in stores rather than producing any of it on farms or in gardens.

No modern country has ever reached middle-income status without urbanizing first.

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Sub-Saharan Africa is already one of the fastest urbanizing regions, with around 450 million city dwellers.

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On this page you'll find 3 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to urbanize, such as: sophisticate, and metropolitanize.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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