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modernize   (TTS Sound)

The verb modernize has 2 senses

• overhaul, modernize, modernise -- (make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to; "You should overhaul your car engine"; "overhaul the health care system")


• modernize, modernise, develop -- (become technologically advanced; "Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace"; "Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly")