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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Xanadu has yet to broadly commercialize its technology, focusing its resources on technical refinement.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

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

“We just didn’t commercialize that technology,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 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

With three partners, Cottrell established a company to commercialize the process.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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