to Americanize
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6.5
- verb
- /əˈmɛrɪkəˌnaɪz/
:
americanizar
- Many British spellings are so firmly entrenched that I have to consciously Americanize my spelling at times.
- Americanizing immigrants
And I think we have a tendency to Americanize the debate on race, don't we?
- And I think we have a tendency to Americanize the debate on race, don't we?
- He changes the lyrics and he but he keeps the song because he wants to keep that spirit, that bakke bakke spirit while changing the song and Americanizing it.
Examples
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Spelling and punctuation have been Americanized.
Academic text (2004) -
Recently, the CEO of an Australian software company balked at my hourly rate for Americanizing their marketing materials.
Blog text (10) -
Throwing himself into what he called "our efforts to Americanize the movement," he ended up creating two classics of the golden age of radio.
Academic text (2011) -
We have to americanize now and be open-minded.
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Instead, I spent my money on Americanizing myself.
Fiction book (1994) -
While the League had Americanized the game, Steve Ross wanted to take it a step further.
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And I think we have a tendency to Americanize the debate on race, don't we?
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If your speech and manner ever become Americanized, it will have dire repercussions.
Blog text (12) -
They've been Americanized since the 1960s, and their disease rates are skyrocketing.
Blog text (30) -
The new restaurant in town has decided to americanize its menu to attract more customers.
How Americanized
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3.4
77
6.1
3
6.5
178
3.2
591
2.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word Americanize comes from American and the ending -ize, which means 'to make'. You can see the same -ize in words like modernize, which helps you remember the 'make' idea. So to Americanize something or someone is to 'make' them more American in style, habit, or culture.