modernizeverb [ I or T ]
UK usually modernise uk/ˈmɒd.ən.aɪz/us/ˈmɑː.dɚ.naɪz/to make something more modern:
Much of the house has been modernized.
There has been a lot of opposition to modernizing working practices.
If they want to increase output from the factory, they'll have to modernize.
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Restoring and reviving
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- lick your wounds idiom
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- move with the times idiom
- pick
- pick up/take the ball and run with it idiom
- pick yourself up off the floor idiom
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- rise from the dead/grave idiom
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modernization
noun [ U ] UK usually modernisation uk/ˌmɒd.ən.aɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌmɑː.dɚ.nəˈzeɪ.ʃən/
The modernization of the 100-year-old sewage and water systems will cost millions of pounds.