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modernize

Syllables: mod·ern·ize/ˈmɒdənaɪz//ˈmɑdɚnaɪz/

modernize verb: to make (something old or outdated) up to date, or modern in style or function by adding or changing equipment, designs, etc.

Verb

modernize (third-person singular simple present modernizes, present participle modernizing, simple past and past participle modernized)

  1. (transitive) To make (something old or outdated) up to date, or modern in style or function by adding or changing equipment, designs, etc.
    Synonyms:
    bring, make up to date, rejuvenate, renew, renovate, upgrade
  2. (intransitive) To become modern in appearance, or adopt modern ways

modernize meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Telugu

modernize in Hindi

bring something up to date
आधुनिकीकृत ādhunikīkŕt
become modern
आधुनिकीकृत ādhunikīkŕt

modernize in Tamil

தற்காலத் திற்கேற்றதாக அமை, புதுமையாக்கு

modernize in Urdu

جدید بنانا

modernize in Telugu

ఆధునీకరించండి
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modernize in Malayalam
ആധുനികീകരിക്കുക ādhunikīkarikkuka
modernize in Indonesian
memutakhirkan, memodernkan

Examples of modernize in a sentence

  • In the milder case of "balloonacy" the enthusiast proposes essentially a modernized Hindenburg (8 million cu ft).
  • However, it must be remembered that the content of rural education often is not very “modernizing.”
  • In these early stages of political modernization, the military officers play a highly modernizing and progressive role.

All 20 example sentences with modernize

Synonyms of modernize

All synonyms of modernize

Forms of modernize

third-person singular presentmodernizes
present participlemodernizing
past participlemodernized
pastmodernized
alternative formmodernise

Past tense of modernize: modernized

Origin of modernize

From modern + -ize or French moderniser.

Words formed from modernize

Questions about modernize

What does modernize mean?
Modernize means to make (something old or outdated) up to date, or modern in style or function by adding or changing equipment, designs, etc.
What is modernize in Hindi?
Modernize in Hindi is आधुनिकीकृत (ādhunikīkŕt). See Modernize meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is modernize?
Modernize is a verb.
How do you pronounce modernize?
Modernize is pronounced /ˈmɒdənaɪz/ (UK).
What is the past tense of modernize?
The past tense of modernize is modernized.

Words near modernize in the dictionary

  1. modernities
  2. modernity
  3. modernizable
  4. modernization
  5. modernizations
  6. modernize
  7. modernized
  8. modernizer
  9. modernizers
  10. modernizes
  11. modernizing

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: modernize (page history and authors); modernize (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); modernize (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); modernize (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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