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popular
[ pop-yuh-ler ]
adjective
- regarded with favor, approval, or affection by people in general:
a popular preacher.
Synonyms:
- regarded with favor, approval, or affection by an acquaintance or acquaintances:
He's not very popular with me just now.
- of, relating to, or representing the people, especially the common people:
popular discontent.
- of the people as a whole, especially of all citizens of a nation or state qualified to participate in an election:
popular suffrage; the popular vote; popular representation.
- prevailing among the people generally:
a popular superstition.
Synonyms: ,
- suited to or intended for the general masses of people:
popular music.
- adapted to the ordinary intelligence or taste:
popular lectures on science.
- suited to the means of ordinary people; not expensive:
popular prices on all tickets.
popular
/ ˈpɒpjʊlə; ˌpɒpjʊˈlærɪtɪ /
adjective
- appealing to the general public; widely favoured or admired
- favoured by an individual or limited group
I'm not very popular with her
- connected with, representing, or prevailing among the general public; common
popular discontent
- appealing to or comprehensible to the layman
a popular lecture on physics
noun
- usually plural cheap newspapers with mass circulation; the popular press Also shortened topops
Derived Forms
- popularity, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- t·DZu· adjective
- ԴDz·DZu· adjective
- v·DZu· adjective
- d·DZu· adjective
- ܲȴ-DZu· adjective
- i·DZu· adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of popular1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Ms Bellamy, who owns the popular Brooki Bakehouse, has rejected her allegations, saying her book contains "100 recipes I have created over many years".
Researchers from the University of Bath say the increasingly popular domestic appliances are, on average, in use for less than two hours per day, but could be working considerably harder - with some modifications.
Increased support for Canada's two largest parties has come at the expense of smaller parties, particularly the NDP, whose share of the popular vote is down by around 12 percentage points.
The Labour government are getting on with many of the policies outlined in the report because they know this is popular with people, especially the voting coalition they need to maintain for the next election.
I have some numbers here: If only people who had voted in 2022 had voted, Harris would have won the popular vote and also the Electoral College fairly easily.
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