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modernized

modernized

4.2
Changed to meet today's needs
  • adjective
  • /ˈmɒdərnaɪzd/
translation icon : modernizado
  • The building was modernized to improve its energy efficiency and enhance its aesthetic appeal.

It's probably no longer the custom because the country has become modernised.

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Examples

  • I'm glad it's, you know, right out of the comic books, but still modernized for the screen.

  • But then they have modernised, they do now have vegetarian options and they have wonderful beer.

  • Now it's back modernized and all electric, and today I'm going to show you around it.

  • But she brought together all of these classic myth elements and put them in a story which she then modernized using the science fiction form.

  • These developments give Italy an industrialized, modernized base from which they can and intend to extend their power in Africa.

  • It's great to see the tried and true principles get reinvented, get modernized, made better.

  • It is highly modernized and highly chemical analyzed, biologically analyzed.

  • So these phones feel, for now, like they've actually achieved the modernized glow up that we've been hoping for from Google's flagship phone.

  • The restaurant has been modernized with a sleek new interior and updated menu options.

  • Her approach to teaching has been modernized to include interactive technology and multimedia resources.

Synonyms

modern
vsmodernized
1.4

Relating to the present time and new ways of doing things

is specifically changed from an older form to fit current needs
up to date
vsmodernized
42 3.4

Having the latest style or information

is the result of being updated to meet present needs or styles
ultramodern
vsmodernized
2 5.7

Very new in design and using the latest ideas and technology

is updated but not necessarily at the extreme cutting edge

Antonyms

93 5.8

No longer used or made because something newer replaces it

78 5.0

No longer useful or fashionable because it is old

How Modern

modernized
4.2
old-fashioned
149 4.7

Surface Forms

modernized positive
modernised positive

Morphology

modernized = modernize (transparent) = modern + ize + ed

The relation from 'modernize' to 'modernized' is direct: '-ed' marks the past participle/adjectival form.

Etymology

Modernized comes from modern ('of now' or 'new') plus the ending -ize ('to make') and -ed ('done'), so it means a thing that has been 'made up to date' or changed to fit current needs.