com·mer·cial·ize (k?-mûr?sh?-l?z?)tr.v. com·mer·cial·ized, com·mer·cial·iz·ing, com·mer·cial·iz·es 1. To apply methods of business to for profit.2. a. To do, exploit, or make chiefly for financial gain.b. To sacrifice the quality of for profit.com·mer?cial·i·za?tion (-sh?-l?-z??sh?n) n.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.commercialize (k??m?????la?z) or commercialisevb (tr) 1. to make commercial in aim, methods, or character2. (Commerce) to exploit for profit, esp at the expense of quality com?merciali?zation, com?merciali?sation nCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014com?mer?cial?ize (k??m?r ???la?z) v.t. -ized, -iz?ing. 1. to make commercial in character, methods, etc.; make profitable or introduce profit into. 2. to emphasize the profitable aspects of, esp. by sacrificing quality or debasing inherent nature: to commercialize one’s talent. [1830?40] com?mer`cial?i?za?tion, n. com?mer?cial?iz`er, n. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.commercializePast participle: commercializedGerund: commercializingImperativePresentPreteritePresent ContinuousPresent PerfectPast ContinuousPast PerfectFutureFuture PerfectFuture ContinuousPresent Perfect ContinuousFuture Perfect ContinuousPast Perfect ContinuousConditionalPast ConditionalImperativecommercializecommercializePresentI commercializeyou commercializehe/she/it commercializeswe commercializeyou commercializethey commercializePreteriteI commercializedyou commercializedhe/she/it commercializedwe commercializedyou commercializedthey commercializedPresent ContinuousI am commercializingyou are commercializinghe/she/it is commercializingwe are commercializingyou are commercializingthey are commercializingPresent PerfectI have commercializedyou have commercializedhe/she/it has commercializedwe have commercializedyou have commercializedthey have commercializedPast ContinuousI was commercializingyou were commercializinghe/she/it was commercializingwe were commercializingyou were commercializingthey were commercializingPast PerfectI had commercializedyou had commercializedhe/she/it had commercializedwe had commercializedyou had commercializedthey had commercializedFutureI will commercializeyou will commercializehe/she/it will commercializewe will commercializeyou will commercializethey will commercializeFuture PerfectI will have commercializedyou will have commercializedhe/she/it will have commercializedwe will have commercializedyou will have commercializedthey will have commercializedFuture ContinuousI will be commercializingyou will be commercializinghe/she/it will be commercializingwe will be commercializingyou will be commercializingthey will be commercializingPresent Perfect ContinuousI have been commercializingyou have been commercializinghe/she/it has been commercializingwe have been commercializingyou have been commercializingthey have been commercializingFuture Perfect ContinuousI will have been commercializingyou will have been commercializinghe/she/it will have been commercializingwe will have been commercializingyou will have been commercializingthey will have been commercializingPast Perfect ContinuousI had been commercializingyou had been commercializinghe/she/it had been commercializingwe had been commercializingyou had been commercializingthey had been commercializingConditionalI would commercializeyou would commercializehe/she/it would commercializewe would commercializeyou would commercializethey would commercializePast ConditionalI would have commercializedyou would have commercializedhe/she/it would have commercializedwe would have commercializedyou would have commercializedthey would have commercializedCollins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011