to evangelize
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7.4
- verb
- /ɪˈvæn.dʒə.laɪz/
- Jargon
:
promover
- I evangelize by teaching people how to achieve their career, business, or entrepreneurial goals.
And since then, I've been evangelizing and writing and speaking and thinking about DMT.
- And since then, I've been evangelizing and writing and speaking and thinking about DMT.
- There was a pioneer of this who believed in it and evangelized it.
- And her job is to go out and evangelize sales and innovation for companies around the world.
Examples
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His goal was to evangelize the advantages of renewable energy at the conference.
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There is a great need to broker relationships across silos; that's why I evangelize about Yammer.
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And her job is to go out and evangelize sales and innovation for companies around the world.
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There is a growing base of WP7 users that love the product and want to evangelize its value.
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Devs, keep evangelizing the phone, and we will grow, probably slowly, but surely.
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There are hordes out there who are evangelizing accessibility and inclusion.
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Social network connectors help evangelize the service (e.g., Twitter) and encourage people to join (I bet Jenise has done this).
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The marketing team worked hard to evangelize the benefits of the new software to potential clients.
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She used social media to evangelize her nonprofit's mission and attract new supporters.
Synonyms
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2.0
To persuade someone to buy or accept something
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4.0
To try to sell something forcefully, often illegal goods
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3.5
Tell people about a product to increase sales
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3.8
Talk to people to persuade them to support a cause
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4.0
Make something known to many people using news or social media
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3.1
Tell many people about something so they know
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6.8
To spread information or ideas widely so many people know them
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2.6
Tell many people about something so they know it exists
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3.2
Tell many people about something so they know
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5.9
Spread ideas, news, or feelings to many people
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4.1
To say that something is better or more important than it really is
To loudly promote things in public to attract attention
To tell many people about a product or service so they buy it
To try to make people support an idea or cause, often in politics
Antonyms
How Promotional
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Evangelize comes from an old Greek word made of eu- 'good' and angelion 'message', so it gives the image of a messenger sharing 'good news'. That's why in business and tech to evangelize something means to strongly promote it and try to get others to adopt it.