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Meaning of popular in English

(Definition of popular from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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Examples of popular

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The problem is increased by exaggeration—and the offenders are not local papers, but some of the national populars.
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The opposing view- that dialects are organized in a continuum without sharp boundaries- is likewise popular.
I also do not think that the only future for museums that do want to become more popular is a 'gloomy prospect of complete commodification'.
However, with literature and popular culture the value of a language can be enhanced so that the child will seek more input through that medium.
The test uses recognition of popular authors' names as the dependent measure.
At the same time they are very popular as providers of home entertainment.
There, local advocacy groups have controlled far more than one might imagine, given the popular impression of omnipotent real estate developers.
Interestingly, work with ' poor people ' was most popular by the end of the course.
Emphasis on popular culture may, at first sight, appear to exclude older people especially with its focus on material consumption.
Algorithmic aesthetics are developed based on the aesthetic measure theory, surveys of human preferences, and popular long-lasting symbols.
Undoubtedly they have been aimed at a relatively wide, popular market.
My analysis begins with a sketch of how recordings entered local popular life in the early decades of this century.
As an integrated statement of where popular music studies is in relation to wider contexts, the book is perhaps less successful.
Although there were many women in rock by the late 1960s, most performed only as singers, a traditionally feminine position in popular music.
The questions raised by medieval music reception reach to musicological fields outside medieval studies, but especially ethnomusicology and popular music studies.
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Translations of popular

in Chinese (Traditional)
受人喜愛的, 受大眾喜愛的,受歡迎的, 一般的…
in Chinese (Simplified)
受人喜爱的, 受大众喜爱的,受欢迎的, 一般的…
in Spanish
popular, popular [masculine-feminine, singular]…
in Portuguese
popular…
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लोकप्रिय…
人気がある, 評判のよい, 大衆向けの…
çok beğenilen, tutulan, popüler…
populaire, à la mode, de vulgarisation…
popular…
geliefd, algemeen verbreid, onder het volk…
பலரால் விரும்பப்பட்டது, ரசிக்கப்பட்டது அல்லது ஆதரிக்கப்பட்டது, நிபுணர்கள் அல்லது மிகவும் படித்தவர்களை விட சாதாரண மக்களுக்கு அல்லது சம்பந்தப்பட்டவர்கள்…
लोकप्रिय, (जन मानस में) लोकप्रिय…
લોકપ્રિય, પ્રખ્યાત (જાહેર મનમાં)…
populær, almen, folkelig…
populär, allmän, lättfattlig…
disukai ramai, orang ramai, utk orang awam…
beliebt, weitverbreitet, Volks-……
populær, folkelig, folke-…
مقبول, عوامی, عام لوگوں کی دلچسپی کی چیز…
популярний, загальнопоширений, народний…
популярный, распространенный, массовый…
ప్రజాదరణ పొందిన, జనప్రియ, ప్రజాదరణ గల…
شائع, مَحْبوب, شَعبي…
জনপ্রিয়…
oblíbený, obecně rozšířený, lidový…
populer, rakyat…
เป็นที่นิยม, เป็นที่น่าเชื่อถือ, ของประชาชน…
nổi tiếng, phổ biến, thuộc nhân dân…
popularny, powszechny, rozpowszechniony…
인기 있는, 대중의…
popolare…
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