commercialize
to make commercial in character, methods, or spirit.
to emphasize the profitable aspects of, especially at the expense of quality: to commercialize one's artistic talent.
to offer for sale; make available as a commodity.
Origin of commercialize
1- Also especially British, com·mer·cial·ise .
Other words from commercialize
- com·mer·cial·i·za·tion [kuh-mur-shuhl-uh-zey-shuhn], /kəˌmɜr ʃəl əˈzeɪ ʃən/, noun
- com·mer·cial·iz·er, noun
- de·com·mer·cial·i·za·tion, noun
- de·com·mer·cial·ize, verb (used with object), de·com·mer·cial·ized, de·com·mer·cial·iz·ing.
- o·ver·com·mer·cial·i·za·tion, noun
- o·ver·com·mer·cial·ize, verb (used with object), o·ver·com·mer·cial·ized, o·ver·com·mer·cial·iz·ing.
- qua·si-com·mer·cial·ized, adjective
- un·com·mer·cial·ized, adjective
Words Nearby commercialize
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How to use commercialize in a sentence
“Now, as we look to expand our fleet and commercialize our driverless trucks, FirstLight lidar must be increasingly scalable — it needs to be smaller and less expensive, but just as powerful,” the company said.
Aurora acquires a second lidar company in push to bring self-driving trucks to the road | Kirsten Korosec | February 26, 2021 | TechCrunchOthers who attempted to commercialize lithium-metal batteries ran into similar problems.
Novel lithium-metal batteries will drive the switch to electric cars | Katie McLean | February 24, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewEven as C-Zero begins commercializing its technology it faces some stiff competition from some of the largest chemical companies in the world.
A startup using a new tech to make hydrogen extracts cash from Bill Gates’ climate tech fund | Jonathan Shieber | February 9, 2021 | TechCrunchWith the likes of Instagram and Pinterest looking to commercialize their content by allowing people to buy products directly from their platform, Google has been fairly transparent about its intentions to do the same with YouTube in the near future.
The future of Google and what it means for search | Pete Eckersley | February 5, 2021 | Search Engine WatchTheir aim was to preempt biased and homogenized programming that typically occurs when corporate monopolies dominate highly commercialized media systems.
The Fairness Doctrine won’t solve our problems — but it can foster needed debate | Victor Pickard | February 4, 2021 | Washington Post
Having received a patent on the technology in 1986, Hull founded 3D Systems to commercialize his discoveries.
In 1880 he began to commercialize a two-cycle stationary engine.
Automobile Biographies | Lyman Horace WeeksTo thus commercialize pleasure is as monstrous as it is to commercialize art.
The Spirit of Youth and the City Streets | Jane AddamsWe give money prizes for work in our schools and thus strive to commercialize the things of the mind and of the spirit.
The Reconstructed School | Francis B. PearsonThere are those, of course, who will commercialize this misconception of education by publishing books of questions and answers.
The Vitalized School | Francis B. PearsonIt remained for this industrial and much-vaunted age systematically to commercialize vice.
The Vice Bondage of a Great City or the Wickedest City in the World | Robert O. Harland
British Dictionary definitions for commercialize
commercialise
/ (kəˈmɜːʃəˌlaɪz) /
to make commercial in aim, methods, or character
to exploit for profit, esp at the expense of quality
Derived forms of commercialize
- commercialization or commercialisation, noun
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