modernize

See also: modernizē

English

Alternative forms

• modernise (non-Oxford British English)

Etymology

From modern +‎ -ize or French moderniser.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɒdənaɪz/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑdɚnaɪz/
• Hyphenation: mod‧ern‧ize

• Audio (Southern England)

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Verb

modernize (third-person singular simple present modernizes, present participle modernizing, simple past and past participle modernized)

1. (transitive) To make (something old or outdated) up to date, or modern in style or function by adding or changing equipment, designs, etc.
2. (intransitive) To become modern in appearance, or adopt modern ways

Synonyms

• (make (something old) modern): bring/make up to date, rejuvenate, renew, renovate, upgrade

Derived terms

• modernizable
• modernization
• modernized
• modernizer
• modernizing

 

Translations

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)

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)

Anagrams

• demonizer

Portuguese

Verb

modernize

1. inflection of modernizar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative