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IELTS word

urbanize

/ˈɝː.bən.aɪz/verb

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English definition

to make an area more like a town or city

Common phrases / collocations

  1. rapidly urbanize
  2. urbanize an area
  3. urbanized region

Example sentences

  1. 1.

    The area urbanized as buildings replaced fields.

  2. 2.

    The region urbanized over many years.

  3. 3.

    New roads urbanized the outskirts.

Visual learning

See the meaning

New apartment blocks rise beside a former field at the edge of a growing city.
to make an area more like a town or city
1fields at city edge
2buildings replace them
fields at city edge→buildings replace them