"popularise" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈpɒpjʊləɹaɪz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-popularise.wav Forms: popularises [present, singular, third-person], popularising [participle, present], popularised [participle, past], popularised [past]
Etymology: From popular + -ise. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|popular|ise}} popular + -ise Head templates: {{en-verb}} popularise (third-person singular simple present popularises, present participle popularising, simple past and past participle popularised)
  1. (transitive) To make something popular. Tags: UK, transitive Translations (to make popular): папулярызава́ць (papuljaryzavácʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Belarusian), популяризирам (populjariziram) (Bulgarian), popularitzar (Catalan), 普及 (pǔjí) (Chinese Mandarin), 推廣 (Chinese Mandarin), 推广 (tuīguǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), zpopularizovat [perfective] (Czech), popularisere (Danish), tehdä suosituksi (Finnish), tehdä tunnetuksi (Finnish), populariser (French), popularizar (Galician), popularisieren (German), népszerűsít (Hungarian), popularizál [dated] (Hungarian), popularigar (Ido), 大衆化する (taishūka suru) (alt: たいしゅうかする) (Japanese), popularisere (Norwegian Bokmål), popularisere (Norwegian Nynorsk), popularyzować [imperfective] (Polish), spopularyzować [perfective] (Polish), upowszechniać [imperfective] (Polish), upowszechnić [perfective] (Polish), popularizar (Portuguese), populariza (Romanian), популяризи́ровать (populjarizírovatʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Russian), популяризо́вывать (populjarizóvyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), популяризова́ть (populjarizovátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), popularizar (Spanish), masificar (Spanish), popularisera (Swedish), популяризува́ти (populjaryzuváty) [imperfective, perfective] (Ukrainian), poblogeiddio (Welsh)
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  2. (transitive) To present something in a widely understandable or acceptable form, especially technical or scientific material for a general audience. Tags: UK, transitive Translations (to present in a widely understandable form): 通俗化 (tōngsúhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), 普及 (pǔjí) (Chinese Mandarin), 大眾化 (Chinese Mandarin), 大众化 (dàzhònghuà) (Chinese Mandarin), popularizovat (Czech), helppotajuistaa (Finnish), popularisoida (Finnish), kansantajuistaa (Finnish), vulgariser (French), popularizar (Galician)
    Sense id: en-popularise-en-verb-ZT-sxyAn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ise, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ise: 53 47 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of 'to present in a widely understandable form': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: popularize (english: American)

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Towards the end of August, the Southern Railway decided to adopt a novel form of publicity to popularise the services. Sandwich board men were employed at Charing Cross and Cannon Street to display placards, and distribute leaflet timetables, calling attention to the vacant seats on the services via Nunhead.",
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        "(transitive) To make something popular."
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          "text": "Towards the end of August, the Southern Railway decided to adopt a novel form of publicity to popularise the services. Sandwich board men were employed at Charing Cross and Cannon Street to display placards, and distribute leaflet timetables, calling attention to the vacant seats on the services via Nunhead.",
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      "word": "大衆化する"
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      "sense": "to make popular",
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      "sense": "to make popular",
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      "sense": "to make popular",
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      "sense": "to make popular",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to make popular",
      "word": "popularizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "to make popular",
      "word": "masificar"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "to make popular",
      "word": "popularisera"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "populjaryzuváty",
      "sense": "to make popular",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to make popular",
      "word": "poblogeiddio"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "tōngsúhuà",
      "sense": "to present in a widely understandable form",
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      "word": "大眾化"
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      "sense": "to present in a widely understandable form",
      "word": "popularizovat"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "to present in a widely understandable form",
      "word": "kansantajuistaa"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to present in a widely understandable form",
      "word": "vulgariser"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to present in a widely understandable form",
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