commercialization
- noun
- /kəˌmɜrʃəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/
- US
- After years of research, the commercialization of renewable energy sources is finally becoming a reality.
- privatization and commercialization
- technology commercialization
- development and commercialization
And that's when the kind of move towards more and more commercialization and less and less research, research started happening.
- And that's when the kind of move towards more and more commercialization and less and less research, research started happening.
- So Elon Musk has famously said, basically, we're a year away from commercialization for maybe four or five years, right?
- Mark has always loved the the research, the pure research without the confinement or demands of commercialization.
- Now you attracted capital, entrepreneurs, material scientists, People unlocked other things, and now you're starting to see commercialization.
- And how that whole commercialization of hearsay, how it was.
- This is in the form of commercialization, of course, but in many other ways.
Examples
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FODERUMA financed projects that were concerned with infrastructure, reforestation, and the further commercialization of peasant agriculture.
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Another promising trend is the rapid commercialization of the Chinese press.
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But beyond the the increased commercialization, something else is happening.
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It's really also just this commercialization issue, right?
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This is in the form of commercialization, of course, but in many other ways.
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I get tired of all the commercialization, too, but it's everywhere and not going away.
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Instead of taking a decade to ready a crop for commercialization, it will take a matter of months.
Academic text (2012) -
Technology transfer programs are important in determining whether academic research has a chance for commercialization.
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But there is an urgent need to ensure that the commercialization already underway supports conservation and development.
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The process, called RapidTool, is slated for commercialization by the end of this year.
Academic text (1995)
Synonyms
Turning content into money using ads or subscriptions
To make ideas, services, or relationships into things people can buy
The process of making services and companies compete and become privately owned
How Commercialized
- US
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
commercialization = commercialize (transparent) = commercial + ize + ation
Formed from the verb 'commercialize' + the noun-forming suffix '-ation', indicating the process of making something commercial.
Etymology
The word commercialization comes from commerce and commercial, words that originally meant 'trade' or 'buying and selling'. So commercialization is about turning something into products or services for the market and running it mainly to make money.