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What is the adjective for urbanizing?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs urbanize and urbanise which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

urban
  1. Related to the (or any) city.
  2. Characteristic of city life.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. metropolitan, city, civic, town, municipal, civil, public, central, borough, downtown, oppidan, burghal, citified, suburban, townified, dorp, nonrural, popular, townish, towny, village, inner-city, built-up, non-rural, densely populated, community, local, main, midtown, national, domestic, interurban, intraurban, communal, megalopolitan, big-city, inner, cosmopolitan, council, district, urbane, home, internal, native, modern, business, government, state, federal, social … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “One of the main problems is that many of these urban terraced houses only have access to the garden area through the house.”
      “Scotland isn't just tartan fun and highland jinks, it's urban youth culture as well.”
      “Engulfing new plantings, the rank growth took on the appearance of an emergent urban ecosystem.”
urbane
  1. (of a man) Courteous, polite, refined, and suave.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. refined, cultivated, polished, sophisticated, cultured, polite, courteous, civil, suave, gracious, courtly, elegant, genteel, civilised, civilized, gentlemanly, mannerly, gallant, smooth, debonair, cool, dignified, affable, stylish, worldly, charming, cosmopolitan, obliging, diplomatic, tactful, glib, svelte, poised, slick, bland, balanced, metropolitan, well-bred, worldly-wise, well-mannered, self-possessed, well bred, well mannered, media-savvy, decorous, chivalrous, considerate, ladylike, respectful, graceful … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “This time his tongue tickled a greater variety of refined, abstract words from his mouth while speaking in an educated, urbane manner.”
      “Both characters are urbane easterners who fit very well into the diverse, fast-paced lifestyle of New York.”
      “Allan Ruddock, the urbane Irishman who recently edited The Scotsman, now has a new role.”
nonurbanized
  1. Not urbanized.
nonurban
  1. Not urban
  2. Synonyms:
      3. suburban, nonmetropolitan, rural, countryside, outer, outlying, peripheral, rural area, out-of-town, noncity … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Despite the rush of big states to hold primaries on Super-Duper Tuesday, Feb. 5, attention for now is fixed, as ever, on the nonurban early birds of Iowa and New Hampshire.”
      “Camps located in nonurban settings must understand that rural ambulance and emergency crews may be volunteers.”
      “Southeast Asia is predominantly rural: three-fourths of the people live in nonurban areas.”
urbaner
  1. comparative form of urbane: more urbane
urbanest
  1. superlative form of urbane: most urbane
  2. Examples:
      3. “The student accommodation brands in those markets are Urbanest and Uninest.”
      “Urbanest Tower Bridge is located within a walking distance from the Tower of London and Tower Bridge.”
      “Urbanest commissioned this public piece of artwork through Camden Council.”
urbanized
  1. simple past tense and past participle of urbanize
  2. Synonyms:
      3. citified, metropolitanized, sophisticated, urbanised, deindustrialized
  3. Examples:
      4. “The once rural town became urbanized after the construction of high-rise buildings and modern infrastructure.”
urbanizing
  1. present participle of urbanize
  2. Synonyms:
      3. citifying, metropolitanizing, sophisticating, urbanising, deindustrializing
urbanised
  1. simple past tense and past participle of urbanise
urbanising
  1. present participle of urbanise
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