Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
Americanise .
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Americanising.
Examples
-
It took several years for Rowling to allow the books to be made into films by the Warner Bros studio, for fear of "Americanising" Harry.
Archive 2007-04-01 Darth Larry 2007
-
"Why are we Americanising ourselves, why?" he asked the official launch of the Creative Workers Union of SA (CWUSA).
-
Americanising England, but Americanising everything else.
-
American methods, yet a gradual Americanising of the English press is always taking place, with results on the whole admirable.
Journalism for Women A Practical Guide Arnold Bennett 1899
-
Americanising this foreign element was imperative.
The United States of America, Part 1 Edwin Erle Sparks 1892
-
They ended up in Baltimore and did everything they could to fit in including Americanising their names; his mother, Katharina, became Kate; Bukowski like his dad who was an American soldier, Henry Charles; they "also changed the pronunciation to Buk-cow-ski, as opposed to the harder European pronunciation, which is Buk-ov-ski."
British Blogs 2010
-
President Obama's plan for troop surge in Afghanistan risks Americanising the West's intervention there at a moment when his new strategy demands internationalising and regionalising the effort.
Telegraph Blogs 2009
-
President Obama's plan for troop surge in Afghanistan risks Americanising the West's intervention there at a moment when his new strategy demands internationalising and regionalising the effort.
Telegraph Blogs 2009
-
President Obama's plan for troop surge in Afghanistan risks Americanising the West's intervention there at a moment when his new strategy demands internationalising and regionalising the effort.
Telegraph Blogs 2009
-
President Obama's plan for troop surge in Afghanistan risks Americanising the West's intervention there at a moment when his new strategy demands internationalising and regionalising the effort.
Telegraph Blogs 2009
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.