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popularize

popularize verb: american and Oxford British spelling of popularise.

Verb

popularize (third-person singular simple present popularizes, present participle popularizing, simple past and past participle popularized)

  1. American and Oxford British spelling of popularise.
    • Saudi yoga trainer Dr. Nouf Marwaai has also been honored with one of India’s highest civilian awards, the Padma Shri, for popularizing yoga.2018 June 20, “DiplomaticQuarter: Indian Embassy to celebrate 4th International Yoga Day”, in Arab News

popularize meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada

popularize in Tamil

பிரபலப்படுத்து

popularize in Malayalam

പ്രചാരത്തിലാക്കുക, ജനസമ്മതമാക്കുക

popularize in Kannada

ಮಂದಿಮೆಚ್ಚಿಸು, ತಿಳಿಯಪಡಿಸು

Examples of popularize in a sentence

  • The women’s hair is in Utah curls, long waves with straight ends, popularized by Mormon momfluencers.
  • At a school in Belfast, Northern Ireland, a line popularized by Mr.
  • Dalgonas are a Korean candy that have been integrated and popularized into coffee drinks.

All 30 example sentences with popularize

Forms of popularize

third-person singular presentpopularizes
present participlepopularizing
past participlepopularized
pastpopularized
alternative formpopularise

Past tense of popularize: popularized

Origin of popularize

From popular + -ize.

Words formed from popularize

Questions about popularize

What does popularize mean?
Popularize means american and Oxford British spelling of popularise.
What is popularize in Tamil?
Popularize in Tamil is பிரபலப்படுத்து. See Popularize meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is popularize?
Popularize is a verb.
What is the past tense of popularize?
The past tense of popularize is popularized.

Words near popularize in the dictionary

  1. popularity contests
  2. popularizable
  3. popularization
  4. popularizational
  5. popularizations
  6. popularize
  7. popularized
  8. popularizer
  9. popularizers
  10. popularizes
  11. popularizing

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: popularize (page history and authors); popularize (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); popularize (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); popularize (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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