popularize (verb)

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• popularize — verb Popularize is used with these nouns as the object: ↑concept …   Collocations dictionary

• popularize — (also popularise) ► VERB 1) make popular. 2) make (something scientific or academic) accessible or interesting to the general public. DERIVATIVES popularization noun popularizer noun …   English terms dictionary

• popularize — verb ( ized; izing) Date: 1593 intransitive verb to cater to popular taste transitive verb to make popular: as a. to cause to be liked or esteemed b. to present in generally understandable or interesting form • popularization noun • popularizer …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• popularize — verb 1) tobacco was popularized by Sir Walter Raleigh Syn: make popular, make fashionable; market, publicize; informal hype 2) he popularized the subject Syn: simplify, make accessible, give mass market appeal to, universalize, vulgarize 3) …   Thesaurus of popular words

• popularize — [[t]pɒ̱pjʊləraɪz[/t]] popularizes, popularizing, popularized (in BRIT, also use popularise) 1) VERB To popularize something means to make a lot of people interested in it and able to enjoy it. [V n] Irving Brokaw, who had studied figure skating… …   English dictionary

• popularize — UK [ˈpɒpjʊləraɪz] / US [ˈpɑpjələˌraɪz] verb [transitive] Word forms popularize : present tense I/you/we/they popularize he/she/it popularizes present participle popularizing past tense popularized past participle popularized 1) to make something… …   English dictionary

• popularize — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. familiarize, catch on, cheapen, give currency to, spread, universalize, produce in quantity, gear down*; see also generalize 1 , simplify . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To make known vigorously the positive features of (a …   English dictionary for students

• popularize — pop|u|lar|ize [ papjələ,raız ] verb transitive 1. ) to make something popular with many people: The Beatles popularized British rock in the early 1960s. He popularized the term sex addiction in a self help book fifteen years ago. 2. ) to make… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• popularize — or popularise verb make popular. ↘make (something scientific or academic) accessible or interesting to the general public. Derivatives popularization noun popularizer noun …   English new terms dictionary

• popularize — also ise BrE verb (T) 1 to make something well known and liked: Reggae music was popularized by Bob Marley in the 1970s. 2 to make a difficult subject or idea easily understandable for ordinary people who have no special knowledge about it: books …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• popularize — [ˈpɒpjʊləˌraɪz] verb [T] to make something popular with many people The Beatles popularized British rock in the early 1960s.[/ex] popularization [ˌpɒpjʊləraɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n] noun [U] …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English