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    AMERICANIZE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (verb) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Become American in characterplay

    Example:

    After a year in Iowa, he has totally Americanized

    Synonyms:

    Americanise; Americanize

    Classified under:

    Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

    Hypernyms (to "Americanize" is one way to...):

    change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

    Sentence frames:

    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s

    Derivation:

    American (of or relating to the United States of America or its people or language or culture)

    Americanization (assimilation into American culture)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Make American in characterplay

    Example:

    The year in the US has completely Americanized him

    Synonyms:

    Americanise; Americanize

    Classified under:

    Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

    Hypernyms (to "Americanize" is one way to...):

    alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

    Sentence frames:

    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody

    Derivation:

    American (a native or inhabitant of the United States)

    American (of or relating to the United States of America or its people or language or culture)

    Americanization (assimilation into American culture)

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