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Meaning of "Africanise" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF AFRICANISE

Africanise  [ˈæfrɪkəˌnaɪz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AFRICANISE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Africanise is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb Africanise in English.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO AFRICANISE

PRESENT

Present
I africanise
you africanise
he/she/it africanises
we africanise
you africanise
they africanise
Present continuous
I am africanising
you are africanising
he/she/it is africanising
we are africanising
you are africanising
they are africanising
Present perfect
I have africanised
you have africanised
he/she/it has africanised
we have africanised
you have africanised
they have africanised
Present perfect continuous
I have been africanising
you have been africanising
he/she/it has been africanising
we have been africanising
you have been africanising
they have been africanising
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I africanised
you africanised
he/she/it africanised
we africanised
you africanised
they africanised
Past continuous
I was africanising
you were africanising
he/she/it was africanising
we were africanising
you were africanising
they were africanising
Past perfect
I had africanised
you had africanised
he/she/it had africanised
we had africanised
you had africanised
they had africanised
Past perfect continuous
I had been africanising
you had been africanising
he/she/it had been africanising
we had been africanising
you had been africanising
they had been africanising
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will africanise
you will africanise
he/she/it will africanise
we will africanise
you will africanise
they will africanise
Future continuous
I will be africanising
you will be africanising
he/she/it will be africanising
we will be africanising
you will be africanising
they will be africanising
Future perfect
I will have africanised
you will have africanised
he/she/it will have africanised
we will have africanised
you will have africanised
they will have africanised
Future perfect continuous
I will have been africanising
you will have been africanising
he/she/it will have been africanising
we will have been africanising
you will have been africanising
they will have been africanising
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would Africanise
you would Africanise
he/she/it would Africanise
we would Africanise
you would Africanise
they would Africanise
Conditional continuous
I would be africanising
you would be africanising
he/she/it would be africanising
we would be africanising
you would be africanising
they would be africanising
Conditional perfect
I would have Africanise
you would have Africanise
he/she/it would have Africanise
we would have Africanise
you would have Africanise
they would have Africanise
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been africanising
you would have been africanising
he/she/it would have been africanising
we would have been africanising
you would have been africanising
they would have been africanising
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you africanise
we let´s africanise
you africanise
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to africanise
Past participle
africanised
Present Participle
africanising
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AFRICANISE


Africanize
ˈæfrɪkəˌnaɪz
Americanize
əˈmɛrɪkəˌnaɪz
Balkanize
ˈbɔːlkəˌnaɪz
cinchonise
ˈsɪŋkəˌnaɪz
cinchonize
ˈsɪŋkəˌnaɪz
Italianize
ɪˈtæljəˌnaɪz
mechanize
ˈmɛkəˌnaɪz
organize
ˈɔːɡəˌnaɪz
preconise
ˈpriːkəˌnaɪz
preconize
ˈpriːkəˌnaɪz
republicanise
rɪˈpʌblɪkəˌnaɪz
republicanize
rɪˈpʌblɪkəˌnaɪz
revolutionize
ˌrɛvəˈluːʃəˌnaɪz
synchronize
ˈsɪŋkrəˌnaɪz
unmechanise
ʌnˈmekəˌnaɪz
unmechanize
ʌnˈmɛkəˌnaɪz
volcanise
ˈvɒlkəˌnaɪz
volcanize
ˈvɒlkəˌnaɪz
vulcanise
ˈvʌlkəˌnaɪz
vulcanize
ˈvʌlkəˌnaɪz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AFRICANISE

African marigold
African National Congress
African potato
African sleeping sickness
African swine fever
African time
African Union
African violet
African wild dog
African-American
African-American Vernacular English
African-Canadian
African-Caribbean
Africana
Africander
Africanisation
Africanism
Africanist
Africanization
Africanize

WORDS THAT END LIKE AFRICANISE

Americanise
anise
Balkanise
botanise
Christianise
disorganise
Europeanise
euthanise
Germanise
humanise
Italianise
mechanise
organise
paganise
recognise
reorganise
Romanise
star anise
suburbanise
tetanise
urbanise

Synonyms and antonyms of Africanise in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Africanise» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AFRICANISE

Find out the translation of Africanise to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Africanise from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Africanise» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

Africanise
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

africanización
570 millions of speakers

English

Africanise
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Africanise
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

Africanise
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Africanise
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

africanizar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Africanise
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

africaniser
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Africanise
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Afrikanisieren
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

Africanise
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

Africanise
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Africanise
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Africanise
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Africanise
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आफ्रिकनस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Africanise
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Africanise
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Africanise
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Africanise
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Africanise
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Africanise
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Afrikaniseer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Africanise
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Africanise
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Africanise

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AFRICANISE»

The term «Africanise» is used very little and occupies the 185.761 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «AFRICANISE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Africanise» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Africanise» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Africanise

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AFRICANISE»

Discover the use of Africanise in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Africanise and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Politics and Higher Education in East Africa
Even before the sitting of parliament Kalema told the media that the Government was planning to Africanise its departments and that it was going to say to Makerere: “You have heard the feelings of the people of the country on Africanisation ...
Bhekithemba Richard Mngomezulu, 2012
2
Faith Negotiating Loyalties: An Exploration of South African ...
Perhaps this is because the struggle to Africanise Christianity "across the board" is now the site of struggle, just as the political struggle is to Africanise (or South Africanise) the broader society. These Christianities are, therefore, more than ...
Stephen W. Martin, 2008
3
Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard)
So, at Independence, it was a rash decision by the African Government to establish its corporation which could do two things: One, help africanise the economy; and two, help indeginalise capital. In this regard, many of our people who were ...
4
Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard)
So, at Independence, it was a rash decision by the African Government to establish its corporation which could do two things: One, help africanise the economy; and two, help indeginalise capital. In this regard, many of our people who were ...
5
Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard)
It is on record of this House, and those who were here during the time of Independence, will bear me witness that we did our best to Africanise the economy in this country. I remember at that time, as the Minister for Home Affairs, I did quite a lot ...
6
A History of Theatre in Africa
The s also witnessed efforts to Africanise spaces associated with European theatre in Kenya. Beginning in , James Falkland of the Phoenix Theatre began to Africanise western musicals and theatrical classics. One ofthe most ...
Martin Banham, 2004
7
The Muslim Resurgence in Ghana Since 1950: Its Effects Upon ...
Asaam was appointed elder and the Gold Coast representative of the AMEZ church.135 According to Sanneh, the founding of the church was accompanied by the expression of nationalist sentiment.136 In an attempt to truly "Africanise" the ...
Nathan Samwini, 2006
8
Beautiful Ugly
need to Africanise Santeria as fundamentally Yoruba and visibly "African". Therefore, spurred by ideological clashes over the "whitening" of Yoruba ritual practices in Cuba, Yoruba revivalists in the US - black American nationalists - renamed ...
Sarah Nuttall, 2006
9
South African Drama and Theatre from Pre-colonial Times to ...
The time has come to africanise the african mind thereby cleansing, liberating, and re-africanising it (Chinweizu, 1987). The question of the revival and restoration of the cultural pride of africans and the process of training of african mind to ...
Mzo Sirayi, 2012
10
Translating the Devil: Religion and Modernity Among the Ewe ...
While teaching music in the 1920s at the Basel Mission seminary at Akropong, where the Ewe Church catechists also received their training, he had already begun to Africanise church music. But it was only thirty years later that his pioneering ...
Birgit Meyer, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AFRICANISE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Africanise is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Italian nun brings life in DR Congo
Mobutu campaigned for "authenticity" to rid the nation of colonial vestiges and to "Africanise" its institutions. The policy led to widespread ... «The Local.it, Jul 15»
2
A Spartacus for a new generation
While she handled the bulk of the choreography for this new production, Krügel helped her to Africanise the movements: “Most of it would be ... «Independent Online, Jun 15»
3
Analysis: Why doesn't medicine measure up to SA's transformation …
University of Cape Town (UCT) sociology professor Xolela Mangcu called for the humanities faculty not to “simply Africanise” but actually ... «Mail & Guardian Online, May 15»
4
Decolonising curricular may not be the best way to transform UCT
“To Africanise doesn't mean to completely ignore European or Latin-American studies. It just means that because it's an African university, the ... «DestinyConnect, Apr 15»
5
'Black studies for UCT'
"The humanities faculty is engaged in a project to decolonise - rather than simply Africanise - the curriculum. "Informed teaching has led to the ... «Times LIVE, Apr 15»
6
Rhodes statue protest is more about alienation
How do we Africanise South African universities? Is it enough to remove the statues and rename the buildings? Or do we go deeper: Change ... «University World News, Apr 15»
7
South Africa: Pixley Ka Isaka Seme
Reverend Pixley was the American Congregational missionary at Inanda. Seme called himself Isaka instead of Isaac to Africanise his identity. «AllAfrica.com, Mar 15»
8
Telecoms: I'm not worried about the future - Airtel Africa boss
Since my arrival, my task has been to Africanise the model to speed up the growth of the group. It's worth mentioning that Airtel is already the ... «The Africa Report, Mar 15»
9
New horizons for soapie head writer…
I also helped 'Africanise' the script of Kite, with Samuel L Jackson, which was shot in South Africa. Basically, I was a true gun for hire, so to ... «Independent Online, Feb 15»
10
SA needs a presidential speech
Now, imagine the president agreeing with the opposition that it was time to South Africanise the discourse in Parliament by abandoning the use ... «Independent Online, Feb 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Africanise [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/africanise>. Apr 2024 ».
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