modernize
to make modern; give a new or modern character or appearance to: to modernize one's ideas;to modernize a kitchen.
to become modern; adopt modern ways, views, etc.
Origin of modernize
1- Also especially British, mod·ern·ise .
Other words for modernize
Other words from modernize
- mod·ern·i·za·tion [mod-er-nahy-zey-shuhn], /ˌmɒd ər naɪˈzeɪ ʃən/, noun
- mod·ern·iz·er, noun
- o·ver·mod·ern·ize, verb, o·ver·mod·ern·ized, o·ver·mod·ern·iz·ing.
- re·mod·ern·ize, verb, re·mod·ern·ized, re·mod·ern·iz·ing.
- un·mod·ern·ized, adjective
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How to use modernize in a sentence
Again, the later remanieurs of the earliest Chansons de Geste modernise the details of these poems.
Homer and His Age | Andrew LangWe modernise the somewhat difficult spelling, but retain the quaint language of the original.
Irish Witchcraft and Demonology | St. John D. (St. John Drelincourt) SeymourAs a result, nearly five hundred dollars was voted from the corporation funds to strengthen and modernise the "calaboose."
The Daughter of Anderson Crow | George Barr McCutcheonEven so, it's better than treating the world like a company trading for profit, but we must modernise the rules.
Sonia Married | Stephen McKennaWe might modernise a little, so as to show the real sense, by saying 'Glevum city and Corinium city and Bath city.'
Science in Arcady | Grant Allen
British Dictionary definitions for modernize
modernise
/ (ˈmɒdəˌnaɪz) /
(tr) to make modern in appearance or style: to modernize a room
(intr) to adopt modern ways, ideas, etc
Derived forms of modernize
- modernization or modernisation, noun
- modernizer or moderniser, noun
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