"consumerize" meaning in English

See consumerize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: consumerizes [present, singular, third-person], consumerizing [participle, present], consumerized [participle, past], consumerized [past]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub- Proto-Indo-European *nem-? Proto-Indo-European *h₁em-der. Proto-Italic *emō Latin emō Latin sūmō Latin cōnsūmōder. Old French consumerbor. Middle English consumen English consume Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English consumer Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English consumerize From consumer + -ize. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:af|consumer|-ize|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub- Proto-Indo-European *nem-? Proto-Indo-European *h₁em-der. Proto-Italic *emō Latin emō Latin sūmō Latin cōnsūmōder. Old French consumerbor. Middle English consumen English consume Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English consumer Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English consumerize From consumer + -ize. Head templates: {{en-verb}} consumerize (third-person singular simple present consumerizes, present participle consumerizing, simple past and past participle consumerized)
  1. (transitive) To turn into a consumer. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-consumerize-en-verb-xy6gfvbM Categories (other): English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English terms suffixed with -ize Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 52 48 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 52 48 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 58 42
  2. (transitive) To make suitable for mass consumption; to convert to a consumer-oriented product or service (as when an industrial, professional, or business-to-business product or service enters the consumer market). Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-consumerize-en-verb-EjcBkd3p Categories (other): English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 52 48 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 52 48 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 38 62 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 32 68
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: consumerism, consumerization, commercialize, commodify, commoditize, productize

Inflected forms

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