pedestrianize
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Etymology[edit]
pedestrian + -ize
Verb[edit]
pedestrianize (third-person singular simple present pedestrianizes, present participle pedestrianizing, simple past and past participle pedestrianized)
- (transitive) To restrict access to (a street) to pedestrians only, disallowing motor vehicles.
- Our trade has increased significantly since they pedestrianized the High Street.
- 2022 November 25, Sarah Baxter et al., “Britain's 15 best high streets – where Christmas shopping is a pleasure”, in The Telegraph[1]:
- It’s a great hub for shopping: the high street is pedestrianised and many of the town’s 600-odd listed buildings house fabulous independents – speciality food stores, cafes, antique shops, clothing boutiques.
- (intransitive, dated) To walk; to travel on foot.
- (transitive, dated) To traverse on foot.
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Translations[edit]
restrict access to a street to pedestrians only
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walk; travel on foot