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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

metropolitanize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
metropoli-tanize
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make metropolitan; to adapt to the norms of a metropolis.

Transitive verb

Etymology

From metropolitan + -ize.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

metropolitanizes (present, singular) metropolitanizing (participle, present) metropolitanized (participle, past) metropolitanized (past)

Frequently Paired Words

metropolitanization

Questions

What does metropolitanize mean?
To make metropolitan; to adapt to the norms of a metropolis.
Where does metropolitanize come from?
From metropolitan + -ize.

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