Sekirov Dictionary

popular

UK /ˈpɒp.jʊ.lə/US /ˈpɑ.pjə.lɚ/

adjective 8
noun 4
forms 4

adjective8

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liked by many people and thought to be good
- They might have split 24 years ago, but the Smiths remain as popular as ever, and not just among those who remember them first time around. — 2011
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Common among the general public; generally accepted.
- Contrary to popular misconception, MacArthur Park is not the worst song ever written. — 2007
Aimed at ordinary people, as opposed to specialists etc.; intended for general consumption.
Adapted to the means of the common people; cheap.
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Pertaining to or deriving from the people or general public.
- Luther in popular memory had become a saint, his picture capable of saving houses from burning down, if it was fixed to the parlour wall. — 2009
Concerning the people; public.
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(no longer used) Of low birth, not noble; vulgar, plebian.
- Popular and shallow-headed mindes, cannot perceive the grace or comelinesse, nor judge of a smooth and quaint discourse. — 1603
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(no longer used) Cultivating the favour of the common people.
- Such popular humanity is treason. — 1712

noun4

A person who is popular, especially at a school.
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[in the plural] An inexpensive newspaper with wide circulation.
- Serious newspapers boomed; the populars became tabloid supplements to television, with the television schedules and related features increasingly the core of the newspaper. — 1983
A member of any political party with "Popular" in the title, such as the Partido Popular in Spain or Popolari di Italia Domani in Italy
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A member of the Populares
- [...] when their ambassadors were come from Samos, and that they saw not only the populars, but also some others of their own party thought trusty before, to be now changed. — 1843

forms

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