to modernize
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4.0
- verb
- /ˈmɒdərnaɪz/
:
modernizar
- The city council voted to modernize the public transportation system by introducing electric buses.
- modernize society
- modernize the economy
- modernize the industry
Now, the first step was to modernise their economy.
- Now, the first step was to modernise their economy.
- We have got to also reform the benefit, just modernize the the insurance program.
- We are going to modernize the latke.
- And so and we're making that blue dot on your screen more accurate that because we are modernizing the GPS ground stations.
- And you had to pull them out of their traditionalism to modernize them.
- And yes, Germany can and must invest more in order to modernize its infrastructure and equip its schools and colleges better.
- It's time modernize your sales organization.
Examples
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Energy intensity peaked in the late 1950s when China tried to modernize its economy by boosting heavy industry.
Academic text (1993) -
Education was a high priority in 1971, and modernizing the curriculum was the highest of priorities.
Academic text (1999) -
Well, all Ed did was like kind of modernize the existing focused design.
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You need to modernize, get some sort of cash flow going.
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So we're trying to to to improve and modernize how we tackle these problems.
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Now, the first step was to modernise their economy.
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So tell me, why don't you want to modernize the plant now?
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Staff training will also be necessary to prepare the workforce for delivering a modernized service.
Academic text (2011) -
To achieve Kenneth's vision of the future, we must continue to modernize, but not just for the sake of modernization.
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What happened was Salinas was a Harvard educated economist, came in to modernize Mexico, and he wanted to privatize things.
Synonyms
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2.8
Make something more modern by adding new information or changes
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4.0
Make something better or more attractive
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3.5
To make something newer or better, for example a phone
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4.9
To change something to make it look or work better
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4.6
To check and fix or change something completely to make it work better
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6.5
To add new parts or equipment to something old to make it work better
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7.4
Change an older work, idea, or event so it feels modern and important today
To add modern technology to something so it uses new tools
To make something look modern and like it is from the future
Antonyms
How Modern
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word modernize comes from modern, which comes from the old Latin word modo meaning 'just now', and the ending -ize which means 'to make'. So, to modernize is to make something like the present time or to bring it up to date.