Definitions

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  • verb transitive To turn into a consumer.
  • verb transitive To make suitable for mass consumption.

Etymologies

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consumer +‎ -ize

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Examples

  • "Our mission is to consumerize digital technology," says vice president Park Seung Soo, "and that means finding economies of scale."

    MASTERS OF THE DIGITAL AGE 2007

  • "Our mission is to consumerize digital technology," says vice president Park Seung Soo, "and that means finding economies of scale."

    DIGITAL MASTERS 2007

  • But the whole idea of Google's enterprise division to "consumerize" enterprise IT using Google's existing creations, and clearly, whether these are afterthoughts or not, Google is intent on diversifying its balance sheet with a slate of business products that don't rely on ad dollars.

    Wired Top Stories Cade Metz 2011

  • In a culture that is ever so quick to commercialize, capitalize, and consumerize

    eugene cho Eugene Cho 2010

  • Apple's genius is its ability to consumerize a device category through great design, software and marketing.

    mocoNews Charles Golvin 2010

  • Clearly we are at the threshold of a significant industry tipping point, away from the distributed computing era and into the virtual computing era where the power of virtualization to simplify, to consumerize and commoditize will create new industry leaders.

    SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page 2010

  • Clearly we are at the threshold of a significant industry tipping point, away from the distributed computing era and into the virtual computing era where the power of virtualization to simplify, to consumerize and commoditize will create new industry leaders.

    Software Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha 2010

  • While fuel cell manufacturers have long fought to consumerize the technology, they're finally finding success in niche professional markets.

    SearchMobileComputing: Mobile advice 2009

  • While fuel cell manufacturers have long fought to consumerize the technology, they're finally finding success in niche professional markets.

    SearchMobileComputing: Mobile advice 2009

  • More importantly, we have helped commoditize and consumerize content management, making it easy to embed into hosted and enterprise applications with next-generation RIA interfaces, such as Acrobat. com or Adobe LiveCycle. "

    Press Releases 2008

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