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popularize

verb

Make understandable to the general public

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Word length
10
Starts with
P
Ends with
E
Contains
OP
Scrabble score
23
CEFR level
B2

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verb

  1. Make understandable to the general public

    “Carl Sagan popularized cosmology in his books”

verb

  1. 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”

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Carl Sagan popularized cosmology in his books
They popularized coffee in Washington State
Relativity Theory was vulgarized by these authors

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