English verb: popularize | |||
1. | popularize (communication) cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use | ||
Samples | They popularized coffee in Washington State. Relativity Theory was vulgarized by these authors. | ||
Synonyms | generalise, generalize, popularise, vulgarise, vulgarize | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, propagate, spread | ||
Verb group | popularise, popularize | ||
2. | popularize (change) make understandable to the general public | ||
Samples | Carl Sagan popularized cosmology in his books. | ||
Synonyms | popularise | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | gear, pitch | ||
Verb group | generalise, generalize, popularise, popularize, vulgarise, vulgarize | ||