popularize
Origin of popularize
1- Also especially British, pop·u·lar·ise .
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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How to use popularize in a sentence
Looking back to the early days of snowboarding, then called snurfing and popularized by inventor Sherman Poppen in 1965 in Muskegon, Michigan, Made in the Mitten follows the pow-filled history of this wintertime sport.
For now, SpaceX appears to be leading the drive to popularize space tourism.
The space tourism we were promised is finally here—sort of | Neel Patel | February 3, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewShe helped popularize the New Orleans sound called bounce and notched a famous Beyoncé sample along the way.
These are only a few examples of the complex issues that popularized narratives about a “reading war” obscure.
Is there really a ‘science of reading’ that tells us exactly how to teach kids to read? | Valerie Strauss | January 26, 2021 | Washington PostAffirm, a business that has helped popularize a “buy now pay later” trend for Internet shopping, offered its shares to the public on Wednesday.
Affirm hits $100 on opening day after listing at $49 (Updated) | Jeff Roberts | January 13, 2021 | Fortune
During that time, his efforts to popularize it did not make him any friends.
Twilight Park, being the resort of literary people and their friends, did much to popularize log houses with city people.
Shelters, Shacks and Shanties | D.C. BeardHe has done much to popularize the fascinating art of white magic.
Magic | Ellis StanyonWishing to popularize the Beowulf, he used as a medium of translation a peculiarly stilted kind of blank verse.
The Translations of Beowulf | Chauncey Brewster TinkerWe shall have her with us—a beautiful young woman would popularize our cause beyond anything.
The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax | Harriet ParrI have a great plan in view: to popularize the legends of Islam and other strange faiths in a series of books.
The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn, Volume 1 | Elizabeth Bisland
British Dictionary definitions for popularize
popularise
/ (ˈpɒpjʊləˌraɪz) /
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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