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Definition of urbanized adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

urbanized

adjective
 
/ˈɜːbənaɪzd/
 
/ˈɜːrbənaɪzd/
(British English also urbanised)
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  1. (of an area, a country, etc.) having a lot of towns, streets, factories, etc. rather than countryside
  2. (of people) living and working in towns and cities rather than in the country
    • an increasingly urbanized society
See urbanized in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee urbanized in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English
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