American English pronunciation
How to pronounce commercialize
IPA transcription: [kə'mɚʃə,laɪz]
Hear “commercialize” pronounced
[kə'mɚʃə,laɪz]
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[kə'mɚʃə,laɪz]
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[kə'mɚʃə,laɪz]
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Verb
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exploit for maximal profit, usually by sacrificing quality
“The hotel owners are commercializing the beaches”
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make commercial
“Some Amish people have commercialized their way of life”
Usage examples
- A commercialized strand of the encounter group movement developed into large-group awareness training.
- It has several notable wines that are commercialized in Portugal and exported abroad.
- In most of them, fruits, foods, clothes and footwear are commercialized.
- The company's mission statement reads ... to discover, develop and commercialize new anticancer drugs.