commercialize

Language: en

🇺🇸 /kəˈmɜrʃəˌlaɪz/

📖 Definitions

  1. verb
    To make something available for sale or to exploit it for financial gain, especially a product, idea, or resource that was previously not marketed.; To manage or operate something according to commercial principles, emphasizing profit over other values such as art, culture, or public service.; To bring a product or service to market through advertising, distribution, and sales strategies.

🔗 Details

Word forms

3rd sing.: commercializes Past: commercialized Past part.: commercialized Pres part.: commercializing

Collocations

commercialize a productcommercialize technologycommercialize researchcommercialize an inventioncommercialize intellectual property

Derivatives

commercializationcommercialcommerciallycommercialismrecommercialize

Synonyms

monetizemarketmerchandiseexploitcommodify

Antonyms

decommercialize

Commonly confused

commercialise
EN: 'Commercialise' is the British English spelling variant of 'commercialize'; both are correct in their respective dialects.
commodify
EN: 'Commodify' emphasizes reducing something to a mere commodity (often with a negative connotation), while 'commercialize' focuses on making something available for sale or profit.

Spelling tips

EN: Remember the American spelling uses '-ize' while British English uses '-ise' (commercialise). Also note the double 'm' in 'commercial'.

💬 Examples

  1. The company plans to commercialize the new battery technology within two years.

  2. Critics argue that the festival has been commercialized to the point where it has lost its cultural significance.

  3. After years of research, the pharmaceutical firm finally commercialized the drug for public use.