popularizing
present participle ofpopularize
popularize
verb[T]
(UKusuallypopularise)uk/ˈpɒp.jə.lə.raɪz/us/ˈpɑː.pjə.lə.raɪz/popularizeverb[T](LIKED)
to make somethingbecomepopular:
It was Pavarotti in the 1980s who really popularizedopera.
Liked, or not liked, by many people
- acquire
- an acquired tasteidiom
- anti-popular
- be the new rock and rollidiom
- be welcome toidiom
- cult
- high-traffic
- insomeone'sgood/bad booksidiom
- killer app
- limb
- lose
- lose groundphrase
- low-traffic
- Marmite
- rock and roll
- sought after
- top-rated
- trend
- unappreciated
- viral
popularizeverb[T](GENERAL)
to make somethingknownandunderstoodbyordinarypeople:
Television has animportantroletoplayin popularizing newscientificideas.
Teaching in general
- asynchronous
- chief academic officer
- CLIL
- clue
- clue in
- disciplinary
- educate
- initiate
- instruct
- non-conditioned
- non-didactic
- non-education
- non-educational
- non-teaching
- socialize
- synchronous
- teachsomeonea lessonidiom
- teachable
- that'll teachsomeoneidiom
- total physical response
Examplesofpopularizing
popularizing
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
The great success encountered by his first book on microscopy encouraged him to write another bookpopularizingthe microscope.
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Socialists took the initiative in compiling andpopularizingstatistical surveys of poverty, as well as actively seeking solutions.
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So this is a primer on 'how',popularizingthe well-accepted and adding some legitimacy to the fringe.
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Their concerns inpopularizingtheir work reflect the concerns of their disciplines at large.
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All this is to say that the essays collected in this book are all examples of the author's unique skill inpopularizinghistorical themes.
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To reinforce this pattern in all societies, requires thepopularizingand scientific propagation of available knowledge on breast-feeding.
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Even so, while the movement's expansionist momentum continued into the 1930s the publication of newpopularizingtexts declined.
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Moreover, the society would function as a means ofpopularizingeconomic science among a larger public.
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This was a venture committed to a lot more than justpopularizingthe arts among unionists.
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But while such features did succeed inpopularizinginsurance, only a handful of offices were able to translate their rhetorical claim of unlimited demand into a booming business.
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She is credited withpopularizingthe term debugging for fixing computer glitches (inspired by an actual moth removed from the computer).
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Blaeholder is most noted forpopularizingthe slider pitch.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Specifically, he described and advocated complex midline transcerebral microsurgical corridors to the brain's centrally located third ventricle, which ultimately resulted inpopularizingthese approaches internationally.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He is also known forpopularizingthe term black hole, and for coining the term wormhole.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It is aimed atpopularizingscience and technology among the people, particularly the students.
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