American English pronunciation

How to pronounce popularize

IPA transcription: ['pɑpjəlɚ,aɪz]

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Verb

  • 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”

  • make understandable to the general public

    “Carl Sagan popularized cosmology in his books”

Usage examples

  • The term was popularized in philosophy by Edmund Husserl.
  • The technique was invented and popularized in Hawaii.
  • Upjohn also did extensive work in and helped to popularize the Italianate style.
  • While Alexandrescu didn't invent the technique, he has popularized it among programmers.
  • Wil McCarthy popularized the concept of programmable matter, which he calls "wellstone".
  • Patek Philippe popularized the perpetual calendar, split-seconds hand, chronograph, and minute repeater in watches.
  • He popularized the classification of birds on the basis of the quinarian system.
  • This kind of "quiz" was originally popularized by women's magazines such as "Cosmopolitan".
  • Reeder, a fellow Carolinian, was instrumental in developing the style popularized by Little Richard.
  • The choreography to the songs on these albums was popularized by the Sexbomb Dancers.