commercialize

verb

com·​mer·​cial·​ize kə-ˈmər-shə-ˌlīz How to pronounce commercialize (audio)
commercialized; commercializing

transitive verb

1
a
: to manage on a business basis for profit
b
: to develop commerce in
2
: to exploit for profit
commercialize Christmas
3
: to debase in quality for more profit
commercialization noun

Examples of commercialize in a Sentence

The company hopes to commercialize the drug next year.
Recent Examples on the Web By the time precedent can be set to hold companies accountable, the models would be fully developed, operational and, most importantly, commercialized. Johanna Costigan, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024 Tests, vaccines, and treatments are slowly commercializing; as demand for them drops, supply may too. Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 28 Feb. 2024 The neighborhood wasn’t always this commercialized. John Otis, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2024 Gentler and more forgiving than royal icing, the brittle gloss associated with conventional British cake stylings, fondant was commercialized in the early 1960s as a premade ready-to-roll frosting, sold alongside instant custard mixes and cake batter emulsifiers. Zoey Poll Katja Mayer, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2024 Lean beef currently costs about $14.88 per kilogram, and rice costs $2.2 per kilogram – whereas the beef rice, if commercialized, could cost just $2.23. Jessie Yeung, CNN, 15 Feb. 2024 More broadly, tech giants are starting to commercialize their AI products. Michelle Cheng, Quartz, 12 Feb. 2024 Forrest’s research led to the founding of Universal Display Corp., which, after more than two decades, is finally about to commercialize the last of its trio of phosphorescent colors—blue. IEEE Spectrum, 2 Jan. 2024 His company, along with two others, were founded to commercialize the new revolutionary gene-editing tool CRISPR-Cas9, which promised to cure numerous genetic diseases. Jason Mast, STAT, 4 Dec. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1830, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

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The first known use of commercialize was in 1830

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“Commercialize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/commercialize. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

commercialize

verb
com·​mer·​cial·​ize kə-ˈmər-shə-ˌlīz How to pronounce commercialize (audio)
commercialized; commercializing
1
: to manage for the sake of making a profit
2
: to use for profit
commercialize Christmas
commercialization noun

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