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What does modernize mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word modernize? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To make (something old or outdated) up to date, or modern in style or function by adding or changing equipment, designs, etc.
  2. (intransitive) To become modern in appearance, or adopt modern ways
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He introduced many new reforms which attempted to modernize and liberalize the system rather than destroy it.
Ships were built both to modernize the navy and to catch the overflow of trade.
They lengthened the course by adding some tees and added subtle mounding to the fairways to modernize the course so it wouldn't appear so flat.
So I think we in Congress can help these less wealthy areas of the country update and modernize their technology.
Although the strategy was flawed by its excessive voluntarism, it did force the party to modernize itself.
Alexander II realized that to modernize mean that Russia needed to westernize, so in 1861 he emancipated the serfs from bondage.

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