Metropolize
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To urbanize; to center or focus on the city.
"Thus, the major issue in current communication policy revolves around the tendency of new communications technologies to centralize and metropolize sources of information."
- 2 To develop into a city or urban area.
"Spoon River, like towns in all parts of the country, has become a standardized community, a "metropolized" town."
- 3 To visit the city. obsolete
"Where is that real Real* Devil, in, or out of London, — Jo. Parkes ? If he metropolizes, tell him he ought to come hither."
Synonyms
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More examples"Thus, the major issue in current communication policy revolves around the tendency of new communications technologies to centralize and metropolize sources of information."
Etymology
From metropolis + -ize.