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Synonyms for modernize
ˈmɒd ərˌnaɪzmod·ern·ize

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  1. overhaul, modernize, moderniseverb

    make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to

    "You should overhaul your car engine"; "overhaul the health care system"

    Synonyms:
    pass, modernise, overhaul, overtake, develop

  2. modernize, modernise, developverb

    become technologically advanced

    "Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace"; "Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly"

    Synonyms:
    rise, grow, educate, produce, overhaul, spring up, modernise, explicate, make grow, develop, acquire, evolve, arise, germinate, break, train, build up, get, originate, uprise, recrudesce, formulate, prepare

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How to use modernize in a sentence?

  1. Scott Faber:

    People can tell the FDA to require over-the-counter sunscreen product companies to test for contaminants like benzene, and people can tell Congress to pass laws to modernize cosmetics safety laws.

  2. Brian King:

    It's critical that we not only modernize our strategies in terms of population but also modernize our interventions to be sure that we are capturing the full diversity of tobacco products that the American public are using.

  3. Transportation Secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya:

    We should not see it as something that will damage the old taxi industry, but merely to offer better services and compel them to modernize and innovate.

  4. Agency Director Chris Krebs:

    We have to get out of this model where we are paying to patch and paying to modernize.

  5. Ben Cardin:

    It was not controversial that Pakistan needs to modernize its air force force and its counter insurgency and counter-terrorism activities, particularly in the mountainous territory of the border with Afghanistan.


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  • modernitzarCatalan, Valencian
  • modernisierenGerman
  • modernizarse, modernizarSpanish
  • uudistua, uudenaikaistaa, nykyaikaistaa, nykyaikaistua, modernisoitua, modernisoidaFinnish
  • moderniserFrench
  • korszerűsít, modernizálHungarian
  • 近代化する, 現代化, 近代化Japanese
  • модернизира, се модернизира, осовременува, се осовременуваMacedonian
  • moderniserenDutch
  • модернизироваться, модернизироватьRussian
  • moderniseraSwedish

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