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Americanize

[ US /əˈmɛɹəkəˌnaɪz/ ]
VERB
  1. make American in character
    The year in the US has completely Americanized him
  2. become American in character
    After a year in Iowa, he has totally Americanized

How To Use Americanize In A Sentence

  • The year in the US has completely Americanized him
  • After a year in Iowa, he has totally Americanized
  • The comparison reflects a basic mistake we Americans make over and over again: we "Americanize" the rest of the world's conflicts, seeing them through the lens of our own national experience. Is That Legal?: Books Archives
  • I lived in the U.S. for the next twelve years and became very Americanized, as children will, and although I haven't been back since, I've worked hard to keep my English pure, so that I don't sound like Jacques Cousteau describing zuh most -andsome craytures zaire are in zuh sea. Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates
  • When you become used to never is alone, you may consider yourself americanize.
  • But I suspect your Americanized ears hear it differently, just as they hear "burgled" as if belongs in a board game. A World Gone Nuts: Missing Junk and Missing Pants
  • To break the deadlock, they sent an army of 9,000 men, British and German (known as Hessians to the Americans) to besiege Charleston, S.C. A few victories in the South, they hoped, would inflame Southerners loyal to King George III, causing them to rise up and allow London to "Americanize" the war. Malarial mosquitoes helped defeat British in battle that ended Revolutionary War
  • Similar to the 16% population dilemma mentioned above, this make many marketers assume that English language and a one-size fits all works with this emerging "Americanized" Latino. Lili Gil: Top 5 Reasons Why Latinos Must be on Your Advertising Agenda
  • Instead of saying that we Americanize them, we should confess that we animalize them. Woman and the New Race
  • This flexibility and adaptability has had a profound effect on first-generation American-born Thais, who tend to be quite assimilated or Americanized.
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