modernize
/ˈmɑdɚnaɪz/ verb B2- To make (something old or outdated) up to date, or modern in style or function by adding or changing equipment, designs, etc.
- To become modern in appearance, or adopt modern ways
He/she/it modernizes · Past modernized · Past participle modernized · -ing form modernizing
Verb forms
- Base form
- modernize
- He/she/it
- modernizes
- Past
- modernized
- Past participle
- modernized
- -ing form
- modernizing
From the library
His supervisor, a brisk young woman who had been brought in to modernize the department, treated him with the polite patience people reserve for antique furniture.
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