| urbanization definitions |
| # | Definition | Sets |
| 1 | the social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban | 167 sets |
| 2 | the growth of cities | 47 sets |
| 3 | movement of people from rural areas to cities | 45 sets |
| 4 | growth of cities | 27 sets |
| 5 | the movement to cities, growth of cities | 22 sets |
| 6 | the movement of people from rural areas into cities | 17 sets |
| 7 | movement of people from rural areas to cities. | 17 sets |
| 8 | movement of population from farms to cities | 17 sets |
| 9 | the movement of people to cities | 16 sets |
| 10 | the movement of people from rural areas to cities | 11 sets |
| 11 | the growth of cities and the migration of people into them | 10 sets |
| 12 | an increase in the percentage and in the number of people living in urban settlements. | 10 sets |
| 13 | the movement of population from farms to cities | 9 sets |
| 14 | the social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban. | 8 sets |
| 15 | movement of people to cities | 8 sets |
| 16 | the growth of city populations | 7 sets |
| 17 | the growth of cities and the migration of people into them. | 7 sets |
| 18 | movement to cities | 6 sets |
| 19 | an increase in the percentage and in the number of people living in urban settlements | 6 sets |
| 20 | movement of the population from farms to cities | 5 sets |
| 21 | process associated with the development of civilization | 5 sets |
| 22 | to make or cause to become urban, as a locality. | 5 sets |
| 23 | growth in the proportion of people living in towns and cities | 5 sets |
| 24 | the growth in the proportion of people living in towns and cities | 4 sets |
| 25 | movement of large numbers of people from rural areas to cities; rapid growth of city populations | 4 sets |
| 26 | the movement of people from the country to cities | 4 sets |
| 27 | the movement of people to urban areas in search of work | 4 sets |
| 28 | the movement of people to, and the clustering of people in, towns and cities- a major force in every geographic realm today. also when expanding cities absorb the rural countryside and transforms it into suburbs. | 4 sets |
| 29 | the movement to cities, growth of cities. | 4 sets |
| 30 | the growth of cities. | 4 sets |
| 31 | the movement of people from rural areas to cities. | 4 sets |
| 32 | the process through which cities expand their boundaries | 3 sets |
| 33 | concentration of the population in cities | 3 sets |
| 34 | city building and the movement of people to cities | 3 sets |
| 35 | movement from farms to cities | 3 sets |
| 36 | the process in which people increasingly move from rural areas to densely populated cities | 3 sets |
| 37 | (n) the act of making urban in nature or character | 3 sets |
| 38 | when people have move from the countryside to cities. | 3 sets |
| 39 | when people move into cities | 3 sets |
| 40 | shifting of population from farms and villages to cities | 3 sets |
