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pop·u·lar·ize

 (pŏp′yə-lə-rīz′)
tr.v. pop·u·lar·ized, pop·u·lar·iz·ing, pop·u·lar·iz·es
1. To make popular: A famous dancer popularized the new hairstyle.
2. To present in a widely understandable or acceptable form: popularize technical material for a general audience.
pop′u·lar·i·za′tion (-lər-ĭ-zā′shən) n.
pop′u·lar·iz′er n.
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popularize

(ˈpɒpjʊləˌraɪz) or

popularise

vb (tr)
1. to make popular; make attractive to the general public
2. to make or cause to become easily understandable or acceptable
ˌpopulariˈzation, ˌpopulariˈsation n
ˈpopularˌizer, ˈpopularˌiser n
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pop•u•lar•ize

(ˈpɒp yə ləˌraɪz)

v.t. -ized, -iz•ing.
to make popular.
[1585–95]
pop`u•lar•i•za′tion, n.
pop′u•lar•iz`er, n.
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popularize


Past participle: popularized
Gerund: popularizing

Imperative
popularize
popularize
Present
I popularize
you popularize
he/she/it popularizes
we popularize
you popularize
they popularize
Preterite
I popularized
you popularized
he/she/it popularized
we popularized
you popularized
they popularized
Present Continuous
I am popularizing
you are popularizing
he/she/it is popularizing
we are popularizing
you are popularizing
they are popularizing
Present Perfect
I have popularized
you have popularized
he/she/it has popularized
we have popularized
you have popularized
they have popularized
Past Continuous
I was popularizing
you were popularizing
he/she/it was popularizing
we were popularizing
you were popularizing
they were popularizing
Past Perfect
I had popularized
you had popularized
he/she/it had popularized
we had popularized
you had popularized
they had popularized
Future
I will popularize
you will popularize
he/she/it will popularize
we will popularize
you will popularize
they will popularize
Future Perfect
I will have popularized
you will have popularized
he/she/it will have popularized
we will have popularized
you will have popularized
they will have popularized
Future Continuous
I will be popularizing
you will be popularizing
he/she/it will be popularizing
we will be popularizing
you will be popularizing
they will be popularizing
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been popularizing
you have been popularizing
he/she/it has been popularizing
we have been popularizing
you have been popularizing
they have been popularizing
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been popularizing
you will have been popularizing
he/she/it will have been popularizing
we will have been popularizing
you will have been popularizing
they will have been popularizing
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been popularizing
you had been popularizing
he/she/it had been popularizing
we had been popularizing
you had been popularizing
they had been popularizing
Conditional
I would popularize
you would popularize
he/she/it would popularize
we would popularize
you would popularize
they would popularize
Past Conditional
I would have popularized
you would have popularized
he/she/it would have popularized
we would have popularized
you would have popularized
they would have popularized
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.popularize - cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use; "They popularized coffee in Washington State"; "Relativity Theory was vulgarized by these authors"
popularise, vulgarise, vulgarize, generalise, generalize
popularise, popularize - make understandable to the general public; "Carl Sagan popularized cosmology in his books"
disseminate, pass around, circulate, diffuse, broadcast, circularise, circularize, spread, disperse, propagate, distribute - cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"
2.popularize - make understandable to the general public; "Carl Sagan popularized cosmology in his books"
popularise
gear, pitch - set the level or character of; "She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience"
popularise, popularize, vulgarise, vulgarize, generalise, generalize - cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use; "They popularized coffee in Washington State"; "Relativity Theory was vulgarized by these authors"
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popularize

verb
1. make something popular, spread the word about, disseminate, universalize, give mass appeal to the first person to popularize rock `n' roll in China
2. simplify, make available to all, give currency to, give mass appeal to a magazine devoted to popularizing science
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popularize

verb
To make known vigorously the positive features of (a product):
advertise, ballyhoo, build up, cry (up), promote, publicize, talk up.
Informal: pitch, plug.
Slang: push.
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Translations
popularizovat
udbrede
népszerűsít
gera vinsælan, breiîa út
popularizovať

popularize

[ˈpɒpjʊləraɪz] VT
1. (= make well-liked, acceptable) → popularizar
2. (= make available to the people) → divulgar
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popularize

[ˈpɒpjʊləraɪz] popularise (British) vt
(= make more popular) → populariser
(= make more approachable) [+ science] → vulgariser
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popularize

vt
(= make well-liked) → populär machen, zum Durchbruch verhelfen (+dat)
(= make understandable) science → popularisieren, unter das Volk bringen (inf); ideas → zum Durchbruch verhelfen (+dat), → popularisieren
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popularize

[ˈpɒpjʊləˌraɪz] vt
a. (make well-liked, person) → rendere popolare; (make fashionable, product, fashion) → diffondere
b. (make accessible to laymen) → rendere accessibile ai più, divulgare; (science) → volgarizzare
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popular

(ˈpopjulə) adjective
1. liked by most people. a popular holiday resort; a popular person; She is very popular with children.
2. believed by most people. a popular theory.
3. of the people in general. popular rejoicing.
4. easily read, understood etc by most people. a popular history of Britain.
ˈpopularly adverb
amongst, or by, most people. He was popularly believed to have magical powers.
ˈpopuˈlarity (-ˈlӕ-) noun
the state of being well liked.
ˈpopularize, ˈpopularise verb
to make popular or widely known. She did much to popularize women's sport.
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