INDEX:
1. people, places, activities etc that a lot of people like
2. a popular book, film, song etc
3. to make something popular
4. when something becomes popular again
5. not popular
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1. people, places, activities etc that a lot of people like
▷ popular /ˈpɒpjɑləʳǁˈpɑː-/ [adjective]
if someone or something is popular, a lot of people like them :
▪ Lisa’s one of the most popular girls in class.
▪ Benidorm soon became a popular holiday resort.
▪ Old-fashioned names are getting popular again.
popular with
▪ Chatlines have proved very popular with young people.
▷ be in favour British /be in favor American /biː ɪn ˈfeɪvəʳ/ [verb phrase]
if someone is in favour, they are liked and approved of at the present time, although this may not last :
▪ Suzannah and I are both in favour at work at the moment.
be back in favour
be in favour again
▪ It looks as if Joey, her old boyfriend, is back in favor again.
be in favour with
▪ Her fresh approach to environmental issues makes her very much in favor with young voters.
▷ well-liked /ˌwel ˈlaɪkt◂/ [adjective]
someone who is well-liked has a lot of friends and is liked by most people :
▪ She’s a cheerful, good-natured girl, well-liked by all the people she works with.
▪ As a politician, he may lack experience, but he’s very well-liked.
▷ be in demand /biː ɪn dɪˈmɑːndǁ-ˈmænd/ [verb phrase]
if something such as a product or skill or a person is in demand, it is considered to be very valuable and a lot of people want to have it or use it :
▪ High quality furniture will always be in demand.
be in great/big demand
▪ Graduates in Chinese are in great demand in an exciting variety of occupations.
be much/heavily in demand
▪ Her dramatic Latin looks caused her to be much in demand as a model.
▷ be big /biː ˈbɪg/ [verb phrase] informal
if a product, activity, or performer is big in a particular place or at a particular time, they are very popular :
be big in
▪ Oasis were big in the early 90's.
▪ The single is already big in the clubs, and has been remixed by the band.
2. a popular book, film, song etc
▷ best-seller /ˌbest ˈseləʳ/ [countable noun]
a book that a lot of people buy :
▪ J.K. Rowling’s latest book is certain to be a bestseller.
bestselling [adjective]
▪ bestselling novelist Celia Brayfield, author of ‘Pearls’
▷ blockbuster /ˈblɒkˌbʌstəʳǁˈblɑːk-/ [countable noun]
a film that a lot of people watch and that makes a lot of money, especially a film with a lot of exciting action :
▪ Bruce Willis’s new blockbuster took $10.6 million in its first weekend.
▪ ‘Roots’ became a blockbuster TV series.
▷ hit /hɪt/ [countable noun]
a record, film, show etc that a lot of people buy or go to see :
▪ When I first heard the song I knew it would be a hit.
hit song/single/musical etc
▪ a new hit single from Janet Jackson
big hit
▪ ‘Titanic’ was a big hit all over the world.
3. to make something popular
▷ popularize also popularise British /ˈpɒpjɑləraɪzǁˈpɑː-/ [transitive verb]
▪ Most attempts to popularise science and technology have failed.
▪ Self-service supermarkets were first popularized by businessman Clarence Saunders.
4. when something becomes popular again
▷ revival /rɪˈvaɪv ə l/ [countable noun]
when something or someone becomes popular and fashionable again, for example a kind of music, a style of clothes, a writer, or a singer :
▪ Sixties pop music enjoyed a big revival in the mid-90s.
▪ There’s been something of an Abba revival recently.
5. not popular
▷ unpopular /ʌnˈpɒpjɑləʳǁ-ˈpɑː-/ [adjective]
if someone or something is unpopular, a lot of people do not like them :
▪ The government is more unpopular now than it has been for years.
▪ Mr Venables must be the most unpopular teacher in school.
unpopular with
▪ The taxes proved extremely unpopular with the electorate.
▷ out of favour British /out of favor American /ˌaʊt əv ˈfeɪvəʳ/ [adverb]
if a person, idea, or other thing is out of favour, people no longer approve of them or use them, although they used to be popular :
▪ Smacking children seems to be out of favour these days.
go/fall out of favour (with somebody)
▪ The classic jigsaw puzzle never goes out of favour with kids.
▪ Journalists and producers who fell out of favour were fired immediately.
▷ there is no demand/call for /ðeər ɪz ˌnəʊ dɪˈmɑːnd, ˈkɔːl fɔːʳǁ-ˈmænd-/ [verb phrase]
if there is no demand for a product or service people do not want to buy it :
▪ There’s no demand for heavy immovable furniture any more.
▪ Where there is no call for a continued food market, market buildings have proved highly adaptable.