🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

商业化

Pronunciation / Transliteration: shāngyè huà

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Commercialize/ˈkɒm.əʃ.əˌlaɪz/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"公司计划将其新技术商业化。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To manage or exploit a business or product for profit.

    "The company plans to commercialize its new technology by launching it in the market next year."
  2. 2

    To make something suitable for a commercial market.

    "The artist decided to commercialize her artwork by selling prints online."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'commercialize' originates from the word 'commercial', which comes from the Latin 'commercium', meaning 'trade'. The suffix '-ize' is derived from Greek, indicating the process of making something into a certain state or condition. The term evolved in the early 20th century to reflect the act of turning goods or services into a marketable commodity.

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