Definition of "urbanise" [urbanise]

• Alternative spelling of urbanize. (verb)

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• "The poor of these countries may in fact be worse off under globalisation than they were before, particularly in the sense that people need to urbanise to get to these factory jobs, instead of remaining on land they may actually own."
• ""For example, Johannesburg can rapidly urbanise globally and capitalise on its gold and diamond mines by competing in financial markets with a network of cities.""
• ""To develop the people, you do not have to urbanise them," he said."