modernize
[verb]
Synonyms: update, make over, rejuvenate, remake, remodel, renew, renovate, revamp

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mod‧ern‧ize (also modernise British English) /ˈmɒdənaɪz $ ˈmɑːdər-/ verb
[Word Family: noun: modernity, modernization, modernism, modernist, modernity, modernizer, modernization; adjective: modern, modernist, modernistic; verb: modernize]

1. [transitive] to make something such as a system or building more modern:
They need more funds to modernize the country’s telephone system.
a tastefully modernized old farmhouse

2. [intransitive] to start using more modern methods and equipment:
The business will lose money if it doesn’t modernize.
—modernizer noun [countable]:
the conflict between the modernizers and the conservatives
—modernization /ˌmɒdənaɪˈzeɪʃən $ ˌmɑːdərnə-/ noun [uncountable]:
the modernization of the railway system

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