Verb: popularise 'pó-pyu-lu,rIz Usage: Brit (N. Amer: popularize)
- Cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use
"They popularised coffee in Washington State"; - popularize, vulgarize, vulgarise [Brit], generalize, generalise [Brit] - Make understandable to the general public
"Carl Sagan popularised cosmology in his books"; - popularize
Derived forms: popularises, popularising, popularised Type of: broadcast, circularise [Brit], circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, gear, pass around, pitch, propagate, spread Encyclopedia: Popularise |