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mod·ern·ize
modernize
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- pronunciation:
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- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb)
part of speech: |
transitive verb |
inflections: |
modernizes, modernizing, modernized |
definition: |
to make modern or contemporary.
We modernized our kitchen.- similar words:
- redo, refurbish, rehabilitate, remodel, renovate, revamp, revise, streamline, update
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related words: |
improve |
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part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
definition: |
to become modern or contemporary.
The small nation is trying in various ways to modernize. |
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