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popularised

popularised is the simple past and past participle of popularise.

Meaning of popularise

Verb

popularise (third-person singular simple present popularises, present participle popularising, simple past and past participle popularised)

  1. (transitive) To make something popular.
    • Homer Simpson popularised the term "d'oh".
  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.

Questions about popularised

What is popularised the simple past and past participle of?
Popularised is the simple past and past participle of popularise.

Words near popularised in the dictionary

  1. popular vote
  2. popular votes
  3. popularisation
  4. popularisations
  5. popularise
  6. popularised
  7. populariser
  8. popularisers
  9. popularises
  10. popularising
  11. popularism

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Adapted from Wiktionary: popularised (page history and authors); popularise (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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