What does MODERNIZE mean?

Definitions for MODERNIZE
ˈmɒd ərˌnaɪzmod·ern·ize

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. overhaul, modernize, moderniseverb

    make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to

    "You should overhaul your car engine"; "overhaul the health care system"

  2. modernize, modernise, developverb

    become technologically advanced

    "Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace"; "Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly"

Wiktionary

  1. modernizeverb

    To bring something up to date, or make it modern in style or function

  2. modernizeverb

    To become modern in appearance, or adopt modern ways

ChatGPT

  1. modernize

    To modernize means to adapt or transform something such as systems, institutions, ideas, methods, or products to fit into or suit the present time or contemporary standards. It often involves implementing new technologies, infrastructures, or practices to improve efficiency, effectiveness, and progress.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Modernizeverb

    to render modern; to adapt to modern person or things; to cause to conform to recent or present usage or taste

  2. Etymology: [Cf. F. moderniser.]

Editors Contribution

  1. modernize

    To create and adapt intuitively accurate, specific, efficient and effective change to ensure modern.

    The unity government knows it has to modernize to ensure its continued existence.


    Submitted by MaryC on April 8, 2020  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of MODERNIZE in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of MODERNIZE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of MODERNIZE in a Sentence

  1. Council Chairman Mary Neumayr:

    CEQ's draft guidance is intended to assist agencies in meeting their obligations under NEPA and to improve the timeliness of permitting decisions for projects to modernize our nation's infrastructure.

  2. Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation:

    The industry has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to re-imagine and modernize its infrastructure to resolve long-standing operational challenges.

  3. Max Bergmann:

    Ukriane has an immense logistical challenge : they have to shift a military that was rooted in Russian and Soviet equipment, and modernize towards using NATO equipment -- while fighting a war, the big open question is whether( they) can really incorporate the Western weaponry they're receiving being Russia can reconstitute their forces.

  4. Blake Herzinger:

    We are watching the Ukrainian military modernize and westernize at the same time while fighting an existential war, so decisions are being made as to what kind of tanks they ’ll want in the future too, which comes with a lot of long-term choices regarding security partners.

  5. Lazaro Rodriguez:

    Cubans had the opportunity to debate the constitution in their neighborhoods and workplaces, it updates our economic system, which is not very good, but we are trying to modernize and that is very positive.

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Translations for MODERNIZE

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  • modernitzarCatalan, Valencian
  • modernisierenGerman
  • modernizarse, modernizarSpanish
  • uudistua, uudenaikaistaa, nykyaikaistaa, nykyaikaistua, modernisoitua, modernisoidaFinnish
  • moderniserFrench
  • korszerűsít, modernizálHungarian
  • 近代化する, 現代化, 近代化Japanese
  • модернизира, се модернизира, осовременува, се осовременуваMacedonian
  • moderniserenDutch
  • модернизироваться, модернизироватьRussian
  • moderniseraSwedish

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