Meaning of MODERNIZE
| Pronunciation: | | 'mâdur`nIz
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- [v] make repairs or adjustments to; "You should overhaul your car engine"
- [v] become technologically advanced; "Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace"; "Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly"
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| | Synonyms: | | develop, modernise, overhaul |
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| | See Also: | | bushel, change, doctor, fix, furbish up, mend, regenerate, renew, repair, restore, retrofit, touch on | |
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| | Definition: | | \Mod"ern*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Modernized}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Modernizing}.] [Cf. F. moderniser.]
To render modern; to adapt to modern person or things; to
cause to conform to recent or present usage or taste.
--Percy.
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