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verb
- 1. adapt (something) to modern needs or habits, typically by installing modern equipment or adopting modern ideas or methods: "he modernized the health service" Similar
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to make or become more modern: [ T ] We decided to modernize our kitchen and installed a new sink and dishwasher. modernization. noun [ U ] us / ˌmɑd·ər·nəˈzeɪ·ʃən /
to make or become more modern: [ T ] We decided to modernize our kitchen and installed a new sink and dishwasher. modernization. noun [ U ] us / ˌmɑd·ər·nəˈzeɪ·ʃən /
the act of making something more modern: The modernization of the 100-year-old sewage and water systems will cost millions of pounds. The lab has undergone a major modernization program in recent years. See. modernize. Fewer examples. It is obvious that the railway system needs modernization.
The meaning of MODERNIZE is to make modern (as in taste, style, or usage). How to use modernize in a sentence.
Modernize definition: to make modern; give a new or modern character or appearance to. See examples of MODERNIZE used in a sentence.
To modernize is to adjust or improve something, especially in a way that uses new technology. You might modernize your grandmother's kitchen by buying her a microwave and an espresso machine. When you modernize something, you bring it up to date.
Definition of modernize verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Modernize definition: to make modern; give a new or modern character or appearance to. See examples of MODERNIZE used in a sentence.
To modernize something such as a system or a factory means to change it by replacing old equipment or methods with new ones. ...plans to modernize the refinery. [VERB noun] There is a pressing need to modernise our electoral system.
Modernize definition, to make modern; give a new or modern character or appearance to: to modernize one's ideas;to modernize a kitchen. See more.
