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to densify

to densify

1 6.9
To make something more full of buildings, people or material
  • verb
  • /ˈdɛn.sɪ.faɪ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : densificar
  • The only way you are going to "densify" the suburbia that exists today is to build another dwelling in everyone's backyard.

But these developers want to build high rise condominiums here so that they can densify my home.

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Examples

  • Environmentalists are exploring ways to densify urban forests to increase biodiversity and air quality.

  • But these developers want to build high rise condominiums here so that they can densify my home.

    Danny Jones

  • The suburbs also need to contract and densify, and return land to farming, parks, forests, agriculture, and light industry.

    Blog text (23)

  • Small towns need to densify, go up, be walkable, bikeable, and engage in nearby agriculture and light industry.

    Blog text (23)

  • City planners aim to densify the downtown area by adding more residential buildings.

  • In order to accommodate the growing population, the town decided to densify its housing developments.

Synonyms

to thicken
vsto densify
35 2.3

Become or make something less runny

focuses on increasing compactness by adding material or people
to compactify
vsto densify
  • Specialized
9.9

To make data smaller for storing or sending by removing extra parts

increases density by adding material or people not by removing parts

Antonyms

to decrease
325 2.0

To make something smaller in amount or size

to thin out
  • Informal
5 3.5

Remove some people or things so the rest are more spread out

How Dense

to densify
  • Specialized
1 6.9
to compact
11 4.4
to thin
38 1.4

Surface Forms

densify infinitive
densified past
densified past participle
densifying present participle
densifies third person singular

Morphology

densify = dense (transparent) = dense + ify

A standard verb-forming suffix '-ify' turns the adjective 'dense' into a verb meaning 'make or become dense', which is directly inferable by learners.

Etymology

Densify comes from the common word dense meaning 'thick' and the ending -ify meaning 'to make'. So to densify a place or material is to make it more compact or crowded by putting things closer together, which is why cities say they will densify an area by building more homes.