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mod·ern·ize
(mŏd′ər-nīz′)v. mo·dern·ized, mo·dern·iz·ing, mo·dern·iz·es
v.tr.
To make modern in appearance, style, or character; update.
v.intr.
To accept or adopt modern ways, ideas, or style.
mod′ern·i·za′tion (-ər-nĭ-zā′shən) n.
mod′ern·iz′er n.
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modernize
(ˈmɒdəˌnaɪz) ormodernise
vb
1. (Art Terms) (tr) to make modern in appearance or style: to modernize a room.
2. (intr) to adopt modern ways, ideas, etc
ˌmoderniˈzation, moderniˈsation n
ˈmodernˌizer, ˈmodernˌiser n
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mod•ern•ize
(ˈmɒd ərˌnaɪz)v. -ized, -iz•ing. v.t.
1. to make modern; give a new or modern character to.
v.i. 2. to become modern; adopt modern ways.
[1740–50]
mod`ern•i•za′tion, n.
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modernize
Past participle: modernized
Gerund: modernizing
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| Verb | 1. | modernize - make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to; "You should overhaul your car engine"; "overhaul the health care system" retrofit - substitute new or modernized parts or equipment for older ones; "The laboratory retrofitted to meet the safety codes" regenerate, renew - reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new; "We renewed our friendship after a hiatus of twenty years"; "They renewed their membership" |
| 2. |  modernize - become technologically advanced; "Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace"; "Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly"change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
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modernize
verb update, renew, revamp, remake, renovate, remodel, rejuvenate, make over, face-lift, bring up to date, rebrand There is a pressing need to modernize our electoral system.
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modernize
verbTo make modern in appearance or style:
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Translations
modernizovat
modernisere
à jourmodernisieren
nykyaikaistaa
modernizirati
modernizál
現代化する
현대화하다
modernizovať
modernisera
ทำให้ทันสมัย
modernize etmekmodernleştirmek
hiện đại hoá
modernize
[ˈmɒdənaɪz]A. VT [+ methods, system] → modernizar, actualizar; [+ building] → modernizar
B. VI → modernizarse, actualizarse
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
modernize
[ˈmɒdərnaɪz] modernise (British) vt → modernisermodern languages npl → langues fpl vivantesCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
modernize
vt → modernisieren
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Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
modern
(ˈmodən) adjective belonging to the present or to recent times; not old or ancient. modern furniture/clothes.
moˈdernity (-ˈdəː-) nounˈmodernness noun
ˈmodernize, ˈmodernise verb
to bring up to date. We should modernize the education system.
ˌmoderniˈzation, ˌmoderniˈsation nounmodern language
a language spoken nowadays (as opposed to ancient Greek, Latin etc).
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modernize
→ يُحَدِّثُ modernizovat modernisere modernisieren εκσυγχρονίζω modernizar nykyaikaistaa moderniser modernizirati rimodernare 現代化する 현대화하다 moderniseren modernisere zmodernizować modernizar модернизировать modernisera ทำให้ทันสมัย modernize etmek hiện đại hoá 使现代化Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009