Meaning

2 senses
  1. (transitive)To make something popular.

    Homer Simpson popularised the term "d'oh".

    popularisieren

    популяризи́роватьpopuljarizírovatʹ, популяризо́выватьpopuljarizóvyvatʹ, популяризова́тьpopuljarizovátʹ

    популяризува́тиpopuljaryzuváty

    make understandable to the general public

  2. (transitive)To present information in a form less difficult for the general public to understand or enjoy, especially by excluding details and jargon found in technical or academic publications.

Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
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Русский
By meaning 1
to make popular:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to make popular:

Forms

popularises, popularising, popularised, popularised
Base formpopularise · to popularise
3rd person singularpopularises
Present participlepopularising
Past simplepopularised
Past participlepopularised

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypopularise
he, she, itpopularises

Past simpleLesson

all personspopularised

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave popularised
he, she, ithas popularised

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill popularise

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

See also

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