commercialize

[kuh-mur-shuh-lahyz] / kəˈmɜr ʃəˌlaɪz /

VERB

prepare for saleability

Synonyms

STRONGEST

degrade

STRONG

advertise cheapen depreciate lessen lower market sell

WEAK

develop as business make bring returns make marketable make pay make profitable make saleable

Antonyms

STRONG

buy compliment increase laud praise raise

Example Sentences

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Microgravity manufacturing has been studied for decades, and several companies, such as Varda Space Industries, which successfully made an HIV medicine in orbit, plan to commercialize it.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

Tesler, who had all but given up on persuading Xerox to commercialize PARC’s output, saw no reason not to show Apple everything they had.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

It could be as simple as a blood-sample analysis in a lab, but we have yet to commercialize the currently available test for GLP-1s so that prescribers could truly do due diligence before prescribing them.

From Slate • Mar. 22, 2026

For the Mirage, the push to commercialize hastened its downfall.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

Clark and Andreessen quickly understood the huge potential for Web-browsing software and decided to partner up to commercialize it.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman