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Definition of Americanize verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

Americanize

verb

NAmE//əˈmɛrɪkəˌnaɪz//

Americanize somebody/somethingVerb Forms present simple I / you / we / they Americanize

he / she / it Americanizes

past simple Americanized

-ing form Americanizing

to make someone or something American in character

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Americanization, -isation

NAmE//əˌmɛrɪkənəˈzeɪʃn//

noun [uncountable]See Americanize in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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