popularize

[ pop-yuh-luh-rahyz ]

/ ˈpɒp yə ləˌraɪz /

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

to make popular: to popularize a dance.

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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, nounpop·u·lar·iz·er, nounan·ti·pop·u·lar·i·za·tion, adjective, nounde·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, nounre·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, adjectiveun·pop·u·lar·ized, adjective

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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.
The Evolution from Snurfing to Snowboarding|Outside Editors|February 4, 2021|Outside Online
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 Review
She helped popularize the New Orleans sound called bounce and notched a famous Beyoncé sample along the way.
The Story Behind Big Freedia’s Breakout Beyoncé Sample|Daniel Malloy|January 27, 2021|Ozy
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 Post

Affirm, 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.
How to Save a Million Lives|Joshua Robinson|October 13, 2010|DAILY BEAST
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. Beard
He has done much to popularize the fascinating art of white magic.
Magic|Ellis Stanyon
Wishing to popularize the Beowulf, he used as a medium of translation a peculiarly stilted kind of blank verse.
The Translations of Beowulf|Chauncey Brewster Tinker
We shall have her with us—a beautiful young woman would popularize our cause beyond anything.
The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax|Harriet Parr
I 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

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, nounpopularizer or populariser, noun

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