popularize

popularize
verb
Popularize is used with these nouns as the object: ↑concept

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  • Popularize — Pop u*lar*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Popularized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Popularizing}.] [Cf. F. populariser.] To make popular; to make suitable or acceptable to the common people; to make generally known; as, to popularize philosophy. The popularizing …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • popularize — index elucidate, explain Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • popularize — to make a complex topic intelligible to the people, 1833, from POPULAR (Cf. popular) + IZE (Cf. ize). Related: Popularized; popularizing …   Etymology dictionary

  • popularize — (Amer.) pop·u·lar·ize || pÉ‘pjÉ™lÉ™raɪz / pÉ’pjÊŠl v. make popular; simplify, remove unnecessary details; explain in a manner suited to the general public (also popularise) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • popularize — [v] make widely popular, accessible catch on, disseminate, familiarize, generalize, give currency, make available, promote, restore, resurrect, revive, simplify, spread, universalize; concepts 324,384 Ant. discredit, shun …   New thesaurus

  • 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 — [päp′yə lə rīz΄] vt. popularized, popularizing to make popular; specif., a) to cause to be liked by many people b) to make understandable to the general public popularization n. popularizer n …   English World dictionary

  • 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 — popularization, n. popularizer, n. /pop yeuh leuh ruyz /, v.t., popularized, popularizing. to make popular: to popularize a dance. Also, esp. Brit., popularise. [1585 95; POPULAR + IZE] * * * …   Universalium

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