Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - modernize
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Modernize
modernize
also -ise BrE v 1 to change something so that it is more suitable for the present time by using new equipment or methods (NATO is determined to modernize its ground forces. | a tastefully modernized old farmhouse) 2 to start using more modern methods and equipment (The business will lose money if it doesn't modernize.) - modernization n
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(modernizes, modernizing, modernized) Note: in BRIT, also use 'modernise' 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: V n • modernizing In effect, modernizing societies are portrayed as battlegrounds. ADJ • modernization ...a five-year modernization programme. N-UNCOUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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verb (-ized; -izing) Date: 1748 transitive verb to make modern (as in taste, style, or usage) intransitive verb to adopt modern ways • ~r noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v. (also -ise) 1 tr. make modern; adapt to modern needs or habits. 2 intr. adopt modern ways or views. Derivatives modernization n. modernizer n. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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