modernize

[ mod-er-nahyz ]
/ ˈmɒd ərˌnaɪz /
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verb (used with object), mod·ern·ized, mod·ern·iz·ing.

to make modern; give a new or modern character or appearance to: to modernize one's ideas; to modernize a kitchen.

verb (used without object), mod·ern·ized, mod·ern·iz·ing.

to become modern; adopt modern ways, views, etc.

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Also especially British, mod·ern·ise.

Origin of modernize

First recorded in 1740–50; modern(ism) + -ize

OTHER WORDS FROM modernize

Words nearby modernize

moderne, modernism, modernist, modernistic, modernity, modernize, modersohn-becker, modest, modesto, modesty, modesty panel
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Words related to modernization

deviation, contraption, departure, introduction, shift, alteration, variation, newness, addition, mutation, permutation, modification, vicissitude, wrinkle, notion, modernism, refurnishing, improvement, reconstruction, restoration

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British Dictionary definitions for modernization

modernize

modernise

/ (ˈmɒdəˌnaɪz) /

verb

(tr) to make modern in appearance or styleto modernize a room
(intr) to adopt modern ways, ideas, etc

Derived forms of modernize

modernization or modernisation, nounmodernizer or moderniser, noun
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