popularise
part of speech
verb (popularise, popularises, popularised, popularising; US popularize)
meaning for a pupil
1) To make something liked or known by many people: «The film popularised skateboarding.» tree →
2) To explain a hard subject, like science or history, in a simple way so ordinary people can understand and enjoy it. tree →
sense in the lessons
In history and science lessons we read that someone «popularised» an idea, game or food, meaning they made it spread. In everyday life TV presenters and authors popularise science. Phrases: «popularise science», «popularised by», «help to popularise».
examples
- The Beatles helped to popularise long hair for boys in the 1960s. tree →
- That TV show popularised baking at home. tree →
- David Attenborough popularised nature programmes. tree →
- Who popularised the game of Minecraft at our school? tree →
- Writers like him popularise maths with fun puzzles. tree →
- Tea was popularised in England in the 1600s. tree →
- Social media can popularise a dance in just a few days. tree →
note
UK spelling: popularise; US spelling: popularize (both fine; keep one spelling in a piece of work). Noun: popularisation. To popularise does not mean to invent; the thing usually existed before and became well known.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «popularise» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.