Americanize

[ uh-mer-i-kuh-nahyz ]

/ əˈmɛr ɪ kəˌnaɪz /

verb (used with or without object), A·mer·i·can·ized, A·mer·i·can·iz·ing.

to make or become American in character; assimilate to the customs and institutions of the U.S.

Also especially British, A·mer·i·can·ise.

Origin of Americanize

An Americanism dating back to 1790–1800; American + -ize

Related forms

A·mer·i·can·i·za·tion, nounA·mer·i·can·iz·er, nounde-A·mer·i·can·i·za·tion, nounde-A·mer·i·can·ize, verb, de·-A·mer·i·can·ized, de·-A·mer·i·can·iz·ing.

half-A·mer·i·can·ized, adjectivequa·si-A·mer·i·can·ized, adjective

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Examples from the Web for americanized

This is an Americanized version of the famed Running with the Bulls festival in Pamplona, Spain.
Chicago’s Running of the Bulls|Hampton Stevens|July 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Think of a latter-day Americanized version of Downton Abbey—where everyone knows his or her place, and our betters look best.
‘Downton Abbey’ Democrats May Cost their Party the Senate|Lloyd Green|March 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Is he an Americanized version of Silvio Berlusconi, determined to wield political and media power in a seamless web of influence?
Mike Bloomberg's New Megaphone|Howard Kurtz|December 17, 2010|DAILY BEAST
A very real effort is often made to reconcile foreign-born mothers and Americanized daughters.
New Homes for Old|Sophonisba Preston Breckinridge

I smiled, because (in the Americanized sense of the word) I had one, and was running away from him as fast as I could.
The Motor Maid|Alice Muriel Williamson and Charles Norris Williamson
Rose was so Americanized, they said impatiently among themselves, that nothing could be done with her.
Children of the Tenements|Jacob A. Riis
Mrs. Hudson had been quite Americanized, but was more deeply in love than ever.
A Little Girl in Old San Francisco|Amanda Minnie Douglas
These are fair samples of Americanized superstitions—puerile, it is true, but harmless.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20. December, 1877.|Various

British Dictionary definitions for americanized

Americanize

Americanise

/ (əˈmɛrɪkəˌnaɪz) /

verb

to make or become American in outlook, attitudes, etc

Derived Forms

Americanization or Americanisation, nounAmericanizer or Americaniser, noun

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