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MODERNIZE
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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)
