"metropolitanize" meaning in English

See metropolitanize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: metropolitanizes [present, singular, third-person], metropolitanizing [participle, present], metropolitanized [participle, past], metropolitanized [past]
Etymology: metropolitan + -ize Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|metropolitan|ize}} metropolitan + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} metropolitanize (third-person singular simple present metropolitanizes, present participle metropolitanizing, simple past and past participle metropolitanized)
  1. (transitive) To make metropolitan; to adapt to the norms of a metropolis. Tags: transitive Related terms: metropolitanization

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