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modernizemod‧ern‧ize (also modernise British English) /ˈmɒdənaɪz $ ˈmɑːdər-/ ●○○ verb VERB TABLEmodernize |
Present | I, you, we, they | modernize | | he, she, it | modernizes | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | modernized | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have modernized | | he, she, it | has modernized | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had modernized | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will modernize | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have modernized |
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Present | I | am modernizing | | he, she, it | is modernizing | | you, we, they | are modernizing | Past | I, he, she, it | was modernizing | | you, we, they | were modernizing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been modernizing | | he, she, it | has been modernizing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been modernizing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be modernizing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been modernizing |
- Any money raised will be used to modernize classrooms.
- It was an old farmhouse that had been modernized by the previous owner.
- Our aim was to modernize the health service, and we succeeded.
- Salinas pledged to modernize Mexico when he was elected.
- A serious delay in modernizing the complex could threaten that compromise.
- And why is modernizing motherhood so hard?
- Mr Wilson had also said a good deal about modernizing the machinery of government.
- Rather, O Brother is filled with faithful if somewhat modernized renditions of the folky music of the Old South.
- Their town house had been sold, lingeringly, with rearguard modernizing actions to keep up its price.
- This was an important step towards a national health service, though in practice few authorities did much to modernize their facilities.
to make something more modern► update to improve something, so that it includes the most modern equipment, methods, or information: · The school has just updated all its computer equipment.· Nursing staff were sent on training courses to update their skills. ► modernize also modernise British to make big changes to a place or organization, by putting in modern equipment or modern systems, and getting rid of old ones: · It was an old farmhouse that had been modernized by the previous owner.· Our aim was to modernize the health service, and we succeeded. ► bring something up to date to get rid of any old-fashioned details or features that something has and add the newest ones that are available: · The system needs bringing up to date.· All the history textbooks we use have been revised and brought up to date. ► modernize/reform a system· We need to reform the electoral system. nounmodernitymodernizationmodernismmodernistmodernitymodernizermodernizationadjectivemodernmodernistmodernisticverbmodernize 1[transitive] 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 farmhouse2[intransitive] to start using more modern methods and equipment: The business will lose money if it doesn’t modernize.—modernizer noun [countable]: the conflict between the modernizers and the conservatives—modernization /ˌmɒdənaɪˈzeɪʃən $ ˌmɑːdərnə-/ noun [uncountable]: the modernization of the railway system |