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Meanings of modernize in English

Portuguese
modernizar
Catalan
repassar
Spanish
modernizar

Make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to.

modernizar
Usage of modernize in English
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
6
Since that time several attempts had been made to modernize the house.
Family Pride; Or, Purified by Suffering
7
To modernize the adage, to give is more fun than to receive.
Mince Pie
8
It is socially conservative but seeks to modernize Russia's administration and economy.
Russian Roulette: Russia's Economy in Putin's Era
9
Like many of them, it had very little option but to modernize.
Full Circle
10
It soon encompassed a broader debate about how China should modernize.
Reuters
11
Renzi has said the measure is central to his push to modernize Italy.
Reuters
12
It was later tasked with helping to modernize China's farm sector.
Reuters
13
Our friend thinks there will soon be opportunity for scene-painters to modernize mirrors.
The new yorker
14
As state-owned British Steel, it was often starved of investment to modernize plants.
Reuters
15
On Monday, he poured scorn on the family for failing to modernize India.
Reuters
16
Beijing has encouraged the fragmented logistics industry to modernize and become more efficient.
Reuters
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