Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense revolutionizes, present participle revolutionizing, past tense, past participle revolutionizedregional note: in BRIT, also use revolutionise
verb
When something revolutionizes an activity, it causes great changes in the way that it is done.
Over the past forty years plastics have revolutionised the way we live. [VERB noun]
Automation revolutionized the olive industry in the early 1970s. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: transform, reform, restructure, revamp More Synonyms of revolutionize
revolutionize in British English
or revolutionise (ˌrɛvəˈluːʃəˌnaɪz)
verb(transitive)
1.
to bring about a radical change in
science has revolutionized civilization
2.
to inspire or infect with revolutionary ideas
they revolutionized the common soldiers
3.
to cause a revolution in (a country, etc)
Derived forms
revolutionizer (ˌrevoˈlutionˌizer) or revolutioniser (ˌrevoˈlutionˌiser)
noun
revolutionize in American English
(ˌrɛvəˈluʃəˌnaɪz)
verb transitiveWord forms: ˌrevoˈlutionˌized or ˌrevoˈlutionˌizing
1.
to make a complete and basic change in; alter drastically or radically
automation has revolutionized industry
2. Rare
to bring about a political revolution in
Examples of 'revolutionize' in a sentence
revolutionize
`I'm very interested in the principle of airships, because they would revolutionize the Third World economies.
Davis, John Gordon SEIZE THE RECKLESS WIND (2002)
`This will revolutionize our extraction of coal and other minerals," Holden said.
Baxter, Stephen ANTI-ICE (2002)
I saw in a flash that I might revolutionize all of philosophy by daring to ask Why do you wish to believe what you claim to believe?
Joyce Carol Oates I'LL TAKE YOU THERE (2002)
In other languages
revolutionize
British English: revolutionize VERB
When something revolutionizes an activity, it causes great changes in the way that it is done.
Plastics revolutionised the way we lived.
American English: revolutionize
Brazilian Portuguese: revolucionar
Chinese: 彻底改变
European Spanish: revolucionar
French: révolutionner
German: revolutionieren
Italian: rivoluzionare
Japanese: 革命をもたらす
Korean: 혁신시키다
European Portuguese: revolucionar
Latin American Spanish: revolucionar
Chinese translation of 'revolutionize'
revolutionize
(rɛvəˈluːʃənaɪz)
vt
彻(徹)底改变(變) (chèdǐ gǎibiàn)
(verb)
Definition
to bring about a radical change in
Plastics have revolutionized the way we live.
Synonyms
transform
A cheap table can be transformed by an attractive cover.
reform
his plans to reform the country's economy
restructure
revamp
modernize
There is a pressing need to modernize our electoral system.
reshape
metamorphose
She had been metamorphosed by the war.
break with the past
remould
Additional synonyms
in the sense of metamorphose
Definition
to change from one state or thing into something different
She had been metamorphosed by the war.
Synonyms
transform,
change,
alter,
remake,
convert,
remodel,
mutate,
reshape,
be reborn,
transmute,
transfigure,
transmogrify (humorous),
transubstantiate
in the sense of modernize
Definition
to make modern in style, methods, or equipment
There is a pressing need to modernize our electoral system.
Synonyms
update,
renew,
revamp,
remake,
renovate,
remodel,
rejuvenate,
make over,
face-lift,
bring up to date,
rebrand
in the sense of reform
Definition
to improve (a law or institution) by correcting abuses