popularise
(verb)
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
Similar word(s): generalise, generalize, popularize, vulgarise, vulgarize
Definition categories: communication, broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, propagate, spread
2. make understandable to the general public
- Carl Sagan popularized cosmology in his books
Similar word(s): popularize
Definition categories: change, gear, pitch
Sentences with popularise as a verb:
- Homer Simpson popularised the term "d'oh".