MODERNIZE meaning: Update to current standards, technology

We found 26 dictionaries that define the word modernize:

General (24 matching dictionaries)

modernize: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
modernize: Merriam-Webster
modernize: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
modernize: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
modernize: Collins English Dictionary
modernize: Vocabulary.com
Modernize, modernize: Wordnik
modernize: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
modernize: Wiktionary
modernize: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
modernize: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
modernize: Infoplease Dictionary
Modernize, modernize: Dictionary.com
modernize: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Modernize: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
modernize: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
modernize: Rhymezone
Modernize: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
modernize: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
modernize: FreeDictionary.org
modernize: Mnemonic Dictionary
modernize: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)

modernize: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

modernize: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ verb: (transitive) To make (something old or outdated) up to date, or modern in style or function by adding or changing equipment, designs, etc.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

Opposite:

antiquate, traditionalize, outdated, old-fashioned, retrogress

Types:

renovate, restore, upgrade, update, refurbish, rebuild, reimagine, reconstruct, more...

Colors:

silver, teal, charcoal, slate gray, cobalt blue, more...

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