popularize

Definitions of popularize
  1. verb
    cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use
    “They popularized coffee in Washington State”
    synonyms: generalise, generalize, popularise, vulgarise, vulgarize
    popularise
    make understandable to the general public
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    type of:
    broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, propagate, spread
    cause to become widely known
  2. verb
    make understandable to the general public
    “Carl Sagan popularized cosmology in his books”
    synonyms: popularise
    generalise, generalize, popularise, vulgarise, vulgarize
    cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use
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    type of:
    gear, pitch
    set the level or character of
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