popularizeverb [ T ]
UK usually popularise uk/ˈpɒp.jə.lə.raɪz/us/ˈpɑː.pjə.lə.raɪz/popularize verb [ T ] (LIKED)
to make something become popular:
It was Pavarotti in the 1980s who really popularized opera.
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Liked, or not liked, by many people
- acquire
- an acquired taste idiom
- be in sb's good/bad books idiom
- be the new rock and roll idiom
- be welcome to idiom
- cross
- flavour of the month idiom
- gain
- golden boy/girl
- killer app
- lose
- lose ground idiom
- must-have
- pack
- pop
- sought after
- top-rated
- undesirable
- unlovable
- unpopular
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popularize verb [ T ] (GENERAL)
to make something known and understood by ordinary people:
Television has an important role to play in popularizing new scientific ideas.
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Teaching in general
- brief
- CAL
- CLIL
- clue
- clue sb in
- didactic
- drum
- homeschool
- hothousing
- instruction
- instructional
- special educational needs
- teach
- teach sb a lesson idiom
- that'll teach sb idiom
- tutelage
- upskill
- upskilling
- wean
- wean sb on sth
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popularization
noun [ U ] UK usually popularisation uk/ˌpɒp.jə.lə.raɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌpɑː.pjə.lɚ.əˈzeɪ.ʃən/