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Etymology
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From modern + -ize or French moderniser.
Pronunciation
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modernize (third-person singular simple present modernizes, present participle modernizing, simple past and past participle modernized)
- (transitive) To make (something old or outdated) up to date, or modern in style or function by adding or changing equipment, designs, etc.
- (intransitive) To become modern in appearance, or adopt modern ways
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bring something up to date
- Albanian: modernizoj (sq)
- Belarusian: мадэрнізава́ць impf or pf (madernizavácʹ), асуча́сніваць impf (asučásnivacʹ), асуча́сніць pf (asučásnicʹ)
- Bulgarian: модернизирам (bg) (moderniziram), осъвременявам (bg) (osǎvremenjavam)
- Catalan: modernitzar (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 現代化／现代化 (zh) (xiàndàihuà), 近代化 (zh) (jìndàihuà)
- Czech: modernizovat
- Dutch: moderniseren (nl)
- Finnish: uudenaikaistaa, nykyaikaistaa, modernisoida, uudistaa (fi)
- French: moderniser (fr)
- Galician: modernizar (gl)
- German: modernisieren (de)
- Greek: εκμοντερνίζω (el) (ekmonternízo), μοντερνίζω (el) (monternízo)
- Hungarian: modernizál (hu), korszerűsít (hu)
- Icelandic: nútímavæða
- Indonesian: memutakhirkan (id), memodernkan (id)
- Italian: modernizzare (it)
- Japanese: 近代化する (ja) (きんだいかする, kindaika suru), 現代化する (ja) (げんだいかする, kendaika suru)
- Kazakh: жаңарту (jañartu), жаңғырту (jañğyrtu), жетілдіру (jetıldıru)
- Macedonian: осовременува (osovremenuva), модернизи́ра (modernizíra)
- Malayalam: ആധുനികീകരിക്കുക (ml) (ādhunikīkarikkuka)
- Polish: modernizować (pl) impf, zmodernizować (pl) pf, unowocześniać impf, unowocześnić (pl) pf
- Portuguese: modernizar (pt)
- Russian: модернизи́ровать (ru) impf or pf (modɛrnizírovatʹ), осовреме́нивать (ru) impf (osovreménivatʹ), осовреме́нить (ru) pf (osovreménitʹ)
- Slovene: posodobiti, modernizirati
- Spanish: modernizar (es)
- Swedish: modernisera (sv)
- Ukrainian: модернізува́ти impf or pf (modernizuváty), осуча́снювати impf (osučásnjuvaty), осуча́снити pf (osučásnyty)
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become modern
- Albanian: modernizoj (sq)
- Belarusian: мадэрнізава́цца impf or pf (madernizavácca), асуча́снівацца impf (asučásnivacca), асуча́сніцца pf (asučásnicca)
- Bulgarian: модернизирам се (moderniziram se)
- Finnish: uudistua, nykyaikaistua, modernisoitua
- Galician: modernizarse
- Macedonian: се осовременува (se osovremenuva), се модернизи́ра (se modernizíra)
- Polish: modernizować się (pl) impf, zmodernizować się (pl) pf, unowocześniać się impf, unowocześnić się (pl) pf
- Portuguese: modernizar-se (pt)
- Russian: модернизи́роваться (ru) impf or pf (modɛrnizírovatʹsja), осовреме́ниваться (ru) impf (osovreménivatʹsja), осовреме́ниться (ru) pf (osovreménitʹsja)
- Spanish: modernizarse
- Ukrainian: модернізува́тися impf or pf (modernizuvátysja), осуча́снюватися impf (osučásnjuvatysja), осуча́снитися pf (osučásnytysja)
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