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Meanings of modernise in English

Portuguese
modernizar
Catalan
repassar
Spanish
modernizar

Make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to.

modernizar
Synonyms
Examples for "develop"
Examples for "develop"
1
In addition; a specific situation may develop, but with conditions already attached.
The South African
2
LF-TAS has provided an opportunity to develop future public health surveillance platforms.
Pubmed
3
Work to develop a new medium term financial strategy is under way.
BBC
4
About one million Americans develop shingles each year, Le and colleagues say.
Reuters
5
Future research needs to understand why and develop interventions to reduce LVC.
Pubmed
1
The government has introduced new legislation to overhaul the Domestic Violence Act.
Radio NZ
2
Arms control groups say nuclear overhaul plans simply need to be trimmed.
Reuters
3
According to the party, Radical Economic Transformation would 'overhaul' South African society.
The South African
4
Of course, Microsoft had perfectly good reasons for undertaking the security overhaul.
Wired
5
Everyone agrees Europe needs to urgently overhaul its asylum and immigration rules.
The Guardian
1
A lot of these agencies are investing in business cases to modernize.
Wired
2
Russia was counting on Opel to modernize its own obsolete auto industry.
Reuters
3
Time and again, a mindless rush to modernize has displaced better methods.
The Lost Sisterhood
4
It calls for a major program to modernize and improve our infrastructure.
The Guardian
5
My father firmly believed that the Shah would educate and modernize Iran.
Funny in Farsi
Usage of modernise in English
1
His plans to modernise and liberalise his country soon ran into trouble.
The Guardian
2
The duchess refused to modernise it by the installation of electric light.
The Rosary
3
A surge in low-carbon energy investment would not only modernise our infrastructure.
The Guardian
4
PLN is under pressure to ramp up capacity and modernise its plants.
Reuters
5
There was great optimism over plans to modernise our mental health service.
The Irish Times
6
Australian retail desperately need a shakeup and a big nudge to modernise.
News.com.au
7
However, new owners are likely to revamp and modernise the building.
The Irish Times
8
Cameron told ITV News: We do need to modernise our rules about interception.
The Guardian
9
Renzi has said the measure is central to his push to modernise Italy.
Reuters
10
It was later tasked with helping to modernise China's farm sector.
Reuters
11
The aim of the new unit was to centralise and modernise the facilities.
BBC
12
She says the planned changes to welfare will modernise the system.
Radio NZ
13
As state-owned British Steel, it was often starved of investment to modernise plants.
Reuters
14
The company is under pressure to ramp up capacity and modernise its plants.
Reuters
15
We both want to increase and modernise our capabilities, he says.
The Guardian
16
He needs to get and carry a clean shave and modernise his wardrobe.
Jamaica Observer
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Translations for modernise
Modernise through the time
Modernise across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Rare
United Kingdom
Rare