MODERNIZE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (verb)

Verb forms

Present simple: I / you / we / they modernize ... he / she / it modernizes

Past simple: modernized

Past participle: modernized

-ing form: modernizing

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to

Example:

overhaul the health care system

Synonyms:

modernise; modernize; overhaul

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "modernize" is one way to...):

regenerate; renew (reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new)

"Modernize" entails doing...:

bushel; doctor; fix; furbish up; mend; repair; restore; touch on (restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "modernize"):

retrofit (substitute new or modernized parts or equipment for older ones)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Become technologically advanced

Example:

Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly

Synonyms:

develop; modernise; modernize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "modernize" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Verb group:

build up; develop (change the use of and make available or usable)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

modernization (making modern in appearance or behavior)