modernize
🇺🇸
/ˈmɑːdərnaɪz/
🇬🇧
/ˈmɒdənaɪz/
verb
R
to update something to make it current and useful today
The company is investing $9 million to modernize its factories with new technology.
R
to begin using modern tools and ideas
Unfortunately we lack the resources to modernize our systems.
translation
to update something to make it current and useful today; to begin using modern tools and ideas
Word Forms
3rd Present
modernizes
Past
modernized
Perfect
modernized
Progressive
modernizing