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单词 modernized
释义

modernize

verb

mod·​ern·​ize ˈmä-dər-ˌnīz How to pronounce modernize (audio)
modernized; modernizing

transitive verb

: to make modern (as in taste, style, or usage)

intransitive verb

: to adopt modern ways
modernizer noun

Synonyms

  • contemporize
  • streamline
  • update
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Example Sentences

We're modernizing our kitchen with a new oven, refrigerator, and dishwasher. The country recently announced plans to begin modernizing its army. The school needs a building with modernized classrooms. Older companies will need to modernize quickly if they are to survive in today's economy.
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Word History

First Known Use

1716, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Kids Definition

modernize

verb

mod·​ern·​ize ˈmä-dər-ˌnīz How to pronounce modernize (audio)
modernized; modernizing
: to make or become new and different or suitable for the present time

modernized 1 of 2

adjective

as in updated

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • updated
  • futuristic
  • modern
  • latest
  • stylish
  • high-tech
  • last
  • hi-tech
  • fashionable
  • now
  • ultramodern
  • contemporary
  • nouvelle
  • modernistic
  • modish
  • newfangled
  • in
  • new
  • recent
  • happening
  • current
  • new age
  • up-to-date
  • state-of-the-art
  • designer
  • latter-day
  • new-fashioned
  • mod
  • up-to-the-minute
  • space-age
  • present-day
  • hot
  • red-hot

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • antiquated
  • archaic
  • anachronistic
  • old
  • dated
  • ancient
  • fusty
  • past
  • aged
  • musty
  • venerable
  • historical
  • historic
  • antediluvian
  • obsolete
  • former
  • antique
  • olden
  • hoary
  • bygone
  • late
  • retro
  • outmoded
  • old-fashioned
  • out-of-date
  • passé
  • old-time
  • oldfangled
  • retrograde
  • outworn
  • unmodernized
  • discarded
  • disused
  • age-old
  • timeless
  • forgotten
  • kaput
  • remote
  • ageless
  • kaputt
  • old-world
  • dateless
  • moth-eaten
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modernized

2 of 2

verb

past tense of modernize
as in redesigned
to adapt to modern needs, taste, or usage a proposal to modernize the old school and bring it into the 21st century

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • redesigned
  • updated
  • streamlined
  • remade
  • contemporized
  • remodeled
  • reworked
  • reengineered
  • revised
  • refashioned
  • revamped
  • recast
  • redeveloped
  • redid
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