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ghet·to·ize
(gĕt′ō-īz′)tr.v. ghet·to·ized, ghet·to·iz·ing, ghet·to·iz·es
1. To set apart in or as if in a ghetto; isolate.
2. To make into or similar to a ghetto: "He left a city ghettoized and strangled by highways and the auto" (New York).
ghet′to·i·za′tion (-ĭzā′shən) n.
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ghettoize
(ˈɡɛtəʊˌaɪz) orghettoise
vb
(tr) to confine or restrict to a particular area, activity, or category: to ghettoize women as housewives.
ˌghettoiˈzation, ˌghettoiˈsation n
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ghet•to•ize
(ˈgɛt oʊˌaɪz)v.t. -ized, -iz•ing.
to segregate in or as if in a ghetto.
[1935–40]
ghet`to•i•za′tion, n.
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ghettoize
Past participle: ghettoized
Gerund: ghettoizing
| Imperative |
|---|
| ghettoize |
| ghettoize |
| Present |
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| I ghettoize |
| you ghettoize |
| he/she/it ghettoizes |
| we ghettoize |
| you ghettoize |
| they ghettoize |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I ghettoized |
| you ghettoized |
| he/she/it ghettoized |
| we ghettoized |
| you ghettoized |
| they ghettoized |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am ghettoizing |
| you are ghettoizing |
| he/she/it is ghettoizing |
| we are ghettoizing |
| you are ghettoizing |
| they are ghettoizing |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have ghettoized |
| you have ghettoized |
| he/she/it has ghettoized |
| we have ghettoized |
| you have ghettoized |
| they have ghettoized |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was ghettoizing |
| you were ghettoizing |
| he/she/it was ghettoizing |
| we were ghettoizing |
| you were ghettoizing |
| they were ghettoizing |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had ghettoized |
| you had ghettoized |
| he/she/it had ghettoized |
| we had ghettoized |
| you had ghettoized |
| they had ghettoized |
| Future |
|---|
| I will ghettoize |
| you will ghettoize |
| he/she/it will ghettoize |
| we will ghettoize |
| you will ghettoize |
| they will ghettoize |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have ghettoized |
| you will have ghettoized |
| he/she/it will have ghettoized |
| we will have ghettoized |
| you will have ghettoized |
| they will have ghettoized |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be ghettoizing |
| you will be ghettoizing |
| he/she/it will be ghettoizing |
| we will be ghettoizing |
| you will be ghettoizing |
| they will be ghettoizing |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been ghettoizing |
| you have been ghettoizing |
| he/she/it has been ghettoizing |
| we have been ghettoizing |
| you have been ghettoizing |
| they have been ghettoizing |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been ghettoizing |
| you will have been ghettoizing |
| he/she/it will have been ghettoizing |
| we will have been ghettoizing |
| you will have been ghettoizing |
| they will have been ghettoizing |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been ghettoizing |
| you had been ghettoizing |
| he/she/it had been ghettoizing |
| we had been ghettoizing |
| you had been ghettoizing |
| they had been ghettoizing |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would ghettoize |
| you would ghettoize |
| he/she/it would ghettoize |
| we would ghettoize |
| you would ghettoize |
| they would ghettoize |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have ghettoized |
| you would have ghettoized |
| he/she/it would have ghettoized |
| we would have ghettoized |
| you would have ghettoized |
| they would have ghettoized |
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Verb 1. ghettoize - put in a ghetto; "The Jews in Eastern Europe were ghettoized"
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