- modernize
- [ʹmɒdənaız] v
модернизировать; придать современный характер
Новый большой англо-русский словарь. 2001.
modernize
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modernize — mod‧ern‧ize [ˈmɒdənaɪz ǁ ˈmɑːdər ] also modernise verb [intransitive, transitive] to make something such as a system or building more modern: • The factory has been completely modernized. * * * modernize UK US (UK also modernise) /ˈmɒdənaɪz/ verb … Financial and business terms
Modernize — Mod ern*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Modernized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Modernizing}.] [Cf. F. moderniser.] To render modern; to adapt to modern person or things; to cause to conform to recent or present usage or taste. Percy. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
modernize — index meliorate, modify (alter), reconstruct, renew (refurbish), renovate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton … Law dictionary
modernize — (v.) 1748, from MODERN (Cf. modern) + IZE (Cf. ize), or from Fr. moderniser. Related: Modernized; modernizing; modernizer … Etymology dictionary
modernize — (Amer.) mod·ern·ize || mÉ‘dÉ™rnaɪz / mÉ’dn v. make modern; improve; make new; become modern in thought or appearance (also modernise) … English contemporary dictionary
modernize — [v] bring up to date; remodel improve, refresh, regenerate, rejuvenate, remake, renew, renovate, restore, revamp, revive, update; concepts 168,177,202 Ant. antique, date, outmode, regress, wear … New thesaurus
modernize — (also modernise) ► VERB ▪ adapt to the requirements of current times; make modern. DERIVATIVES modernization noun modernizer noun … English terms dictionary
modernize — [mäd′ərn īz΄] vt. modernized, modernizing [Fr moderniser] to make modern; bring up to date in style, design, methods, etc. vi. to adopt modern ways; become modern modernization n. modernizer n … English World dictionary
modernize — UK [ˈmɒdə(r)naɪz] / US [ˈmɑdərˌnaɪz] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms modernize : present tense I/you/we/they modernize he/she/it modernizes present participle modernizing past tense modernized past participle modernized if something… … English dictionary
modernize — modernization, n. modernizer, n. /mod euhr nuyz /, v., modernized, modernizing. v.t. 1. to make modern; give a new or modern character or appearance to: to modernize one s ideas; to modernize a kitchen. v.i. 2. to become modern; adopt modern ways … Universalium
modernize — mod|ern|ize also modernise BrE [ˈmɔdənaız US ˈma:dər ] v 1.) [T] to make something such as a system or building more modern ▪ They need more funds to modernize the country s telephone system. ▪ a tastefully modernized old farmhouse 2.) to start… … Dictionary of contemporary English
