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pop·u·lar·ize  (ppy-l-rz)

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.

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popu·lar·i·zation (-lr--zshn) n.

popu·lar·izer n.

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popularize or -ise

Verb

[-izing, -ized] or -ising, -ised

1. to make popular

2. to make easily understandable

popularization
-isation n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	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

verb 2. simplify, make available to all, give currency to, give mass appeal to

Translations

popularize [ˈpɔpjuləraɪz] vt → popularizar (= disseminate); vulgarizar

popularize [ˈpɔpjuləraɪz] vt → populariser [+ science]; vulgariser

popularize [ˈpɔpjuləraɪz] popular vt [+ sport, music, fashion] → populär machen [+ science, ideas]; popularisieren

popularize [ˈpɔpjuləraɪz] vt → divulgare [+ science]; volgarizzare