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English
Etymology
From Singapore + -ize. The former is from Malay Singapura, from Sanskrit सिंहपुर (siṃhá-pura), from सिंह (siṃha, “lion”) + पुर (pura, “city”).
Pronunciation
Verb
Singaporize (third-person singular simple present Singaporizes, present participle Singaporizing, simple past and past participle Singaporized)
- To make or become like Singapore.
1996 July 27, Spiros Triantafyllopou, “Misc.kids.moderated - My (long,aimless,self-serving) thoughts”, in misc.kids (Usenet):If we're going to self-Singaporize the newsgroup to the status of an AOL chat room, forget it. It does not work.
2007 October 13, “How to cook instant Roti Prata”, in Decay On Net (blog), archived from the original on 17 March 2020:I need to do something to Singaporize him. Maybe I'll blog about the instant Roti Prata that I usually eat at home.
2020 March 13, Edward Luce, “The coronavirus: my part in its downfall”, in Financial Times, →ISSN:If the US could Singaporize on both counts, we could be through the worst within a month.
Translations
to become or make like Singapore