"Nigerianize" meaning in English

See Nigerianize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: Nigerianizes [present, singular, third-person], Nigerianizing [participle, present], Nigerianized [participle, past], Nigerianized [past]
Etymology: Nigerian + -ize Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Nigerian|ize}} Nigerian + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} Nigerianize (third-person singular simple present Nigerianizes, present participle Nigerianizing, simple past and past participle Nigerianized)
  1. (intransitive) To become Nigerian. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-Nigerianize-en-verb-jD8Nnx8j Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 50 50
  2. (transitive) To make Nigerian. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-Nigerianize-en-verb-7DVgiaKD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 50 50

Inflected forms

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