See Also: modernize(dictionary)
modernize(dictionary)

modernize (oh)



[T] to make something such as a system or building more modern
::They need more funds to modernize the country's telephone system.
::a tastefully modernized old farmhouse
[I] to start using more modern methods and equipment
::The business will lose money if it doesn't modernize.
-- modernizer n [C]
::the conflict between the modernizers and the conservatives
-- modernization /7mCdEnaI5zeIFEn ?@ 7mB:dErnE-/ n [U and C]
::the modernization of the railway system