popularize

[ pop-yuh-luh-rahyz ]

/ ˈpɒp yə ləˌraɪz /

verb (used with object), pop·u·lar·ized, pop·u·lar·iz·ing.

to make popular: to popularize a dance.

Also especially British, pop·u·lar·ise.

Origin of popularize

First recorded in 1585–95; popular + -ize

OTHER WORDS FROM popularize

pop·u·lar·i·za·tion, noun pop·u·lar·iz·er, noun an·ti·pop·u·lar·i·za·tion, adjective, noun de·pop·u·lar·ize, verb (used with object), de·pop·u·lar·ized, de·pop·u·lar·iz·ing.

re·pop·u·lar·i·za·tion, noun re·pop·u·lar·ize, verb (used with object), re·pop·u·lar·ized, re·pop·u·lar·iz·ing. sem·i·pop·u·lar·ized, adjective un·pop·u·lar·ized, adjective

Words nearby popularize

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Example sentences from the Web for popularise

In order to popularise these notions, he wrote a series of articles in newspapers.

Life of Elie Metchnikoff, 1845-1916 |Olga Metchnikoff
Ruskin did but popularise Carpaccio, and buy and sell Turner.

The Life of James McNeill Whistler |Elizabeth Robins Pennell
They arrested the attention of the public, and tended greatly to popularise and establish the reputation of that journal.

The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI |Various
But the harp-obligato proved no more effective than the reduced dieting and early attempt to popularise slimming.

The Magnificent Montez |Horace Wyndham

The effort now being made to popularise the international language “Esperanto” is one such commencement.

The Churches and Modern Thought |Philip Vivian

British Dictionary definitions for popularise

popularize

popularise

/ (ˈpɒpjʊləˌraɪz) /

verb (tr)

to make popular; make attractive to the general public

to make or cause to become easily understandable or acceptable

Derived forms of popularize

popularization or popularisation, noun popularizer or populariser, noun

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popularize

verb (used with object), pop·u·lar·ized, pop·u·lar·iz·ing.

Origin of popularize

OTHER WORDS FROM popularize

Words nearby popularize

Example sentences from the Web for popularise

British Dictionary definitions for popularise

popularise

verb (tr)

Derived forms of popularize

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

popularize

verb (used with object), pop·u·lar·ized, pop·u·lar·iz·ing.

Origin of popularize

OTHER WORDS FROM popularize

Words nearby popularize

Example sentences from the Web for popularise

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popularise

verb (tr)

Derived forms of popularize

British Dictionary definitions for popularise