urbanized

Thân thiện

The city has become heavily urbanized with new skyscrapers and apartment buildings.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Having become urban in character: Describes an area, region, or population that has developed the features typical of a city, such as high population density, extensive infrastructure, and non-agricultural economic activities. It often implies a transformation from a rural or non-urban state.
   • Characterized by urban life: Describes something that has taken on the qualities, conditions, or problems associated with cities.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The urbanized coastline is now filled with high-rise apartments and shopping centers.
  • A highly urbanized society faces unique challenges in transportation and housing.
  • The study focused on the lifestyles of the newly urbanized population.

Advanced Usage

• "to become urbanized": This verbal phrase describes the process of transformation.
  • The valley has become increasingly urbanized over the past two decades.
• "rapidly urbanized": A common collocation emphasizing the speed of the change.
  • The region experienced a rapidly urbanized growth period.

Variants and Related Words

• Urbanize (verb): To make an area urban; to cause to take on urban characteristics.
  • The new railway line helped urbanize the surrounding towns.
• Urbanization (noun): The process by which towns and cities are formed and become larger as more people begin living and working in central areas.
  • Rapid urbanization can strain a city's resources.
• Urban (adjective): Relating to, or characteristic of a city or town.
  • They prefer urban living to life in the countryside.

Synonyms

• Metropolitan: Relating to a large city, its surrounding suburbs, and other communities.
• Built-up: Covered with buildings, roads, and other structures.
• Citified (somewhat informal): Having adopted the styles or manners of city dwellers.

Antonyms

• Rural: Relating to the countryside rather than the town.
• Pastoral: Relating to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle (often used to imply a peaceful, rural setting).
• Bucolic: Relating to the pleasant aspects of the countryside and country life.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. made urban in nature; taking on urban characteristics
   • the urbanized Eastern states

Từ đồng nghĩa

• urbanised