1. present participle of suburbanize: making an area more suburban in character; developing suburban communities

Examples

• The city is suburbanizing its outer districts with new housing developments.
• Rapid population growth is suburbanizing the farmland around the metropolitan area.
• The government’s policy of suburbanizing the region has changed the landscape dramatically.
• Developers are suburbanizing the countryside by building shopping centers and residential complexes.
• The suburbanizing trend has created new communities outside the city center.
• Local officials are concerned about suburbanizing agricultural land.