verb
- to make suburban in character; to develop (an area) into suburbs
Usage: third person singular present tense
Examples
- The city suburbanizes the surrounding farmland as it expands.
- Development suburbanizes once-rural communities.
- The company suburbanizes large tracts of land for housing.
- Population growth suburbanizes the countryside.
- The planning committee suburbanizes areas near the city center.
- Economic development suburbanizes agricultural regions.