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modernize

mod·ern·ize

modernize

 
pronunciation:
ma dr naIz
features:
Word Combinations (verb)
part of speech: verb
inflections: modernizes, modernizing, modernized
definition 1: to make modern; bring up to date.
We modernized our kitchen.
similar words:
remodel, revise, update
definition 2: to become modern.
The nation is trying to modernize.
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