verb
- to make suburban in character; to develop (an area) into suburbs
- to take on suburban characteristics
Examples
- The city plans to suburbanize the farmland on its outskirts.
- Developers want to suburbanize this rural area with new housing developments.
- The small town began to suburbanize as more families moved there from the city.
- Local officials worry that rapid growth will suburbanize their historic community.
- The region started to suburbanize after the new highway was built.
- They decided to suburbanize the empty lots with shopping centers and residential areas.