Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
Something that is ~ is enjoyed or liked by a lot of people.
This is the most ~ ball game ever devised...
Chocolate sauce is always ~ with youngsters.
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ADJ
~ity
...the growing ~ity of Australian wines among consumers...
Walking and golf increased in ~ity during the 1980s.
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2.
Someone who is ~ is liked by most people, or by most people in a particular group.
He remained the most ~ politician in France...
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ADJ
~ity
It is his ~ity with ordinary people that sets him apart.
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3.
Popular newspapers, television programmes, or forms of art are aimed at ordinary people and not at experts or intellectuals.
Once again the ~ press in Britain has been rife with stories about their marriage.
...one of the classics of modern ~ music.
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4.
Popular ideas, feelings, or attitudes are approved of or held by most people.
The military government has been unable to win ~ support...
ADJ: usu ADJ n
~ity
Over time, though, Watson’s views gained in ~ity.
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5.
Popular is used to describe political activities which involve the ordinary people of a country, and not just members of political parties.
The late President Ferdinand Marcos was overthrown by a ~ uprising in 1986.
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