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Definition: MODERNIZING

Part of Speech Definition
Verb 1. To streamline. [Eve - graph theoretic]
2. To upgrade or update.[Eve - graph theoretic]
3. Present participle conjugation of the verb modernize.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(modernize)
1. Make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to.[Wordnet].
2. Become technologically advanced.[Wordnet].
3. Make repairs or adjustments to; "You should overhaul your car engine".[Wordnet].
4. To render modern; to adapt to modern person or things; to cause to conform to recent or present usage or taste.[Websters].
5. Base verb from the following inflections: modernizing, modernized, modernizes, modernizer, modernizers, modernizingly and modernizedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adjective 1. Being refreshing. [Eve - graph theoretic]
2. Being redeeming.[Eve - graph theoretic]

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Date "Modernizing" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1518. (references)

Specialty Definition: MODERNIZING

Domain Definition
Noah Webster [Verb] Rendering modern.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Wiktionary [Verb] Present participle of modernize. (references)

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Definition: MODERNIZING

Part of SpeechDefinition
Verb1. To streamline. [Eve - graph theoretic]
2. To upgrade or update.[Eve - graph theoretic]
3. Present participle conjugation of the verb modernize.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(modernize)
1. Make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to.[Wordnet].
2. Become technologically advanced.[Wordnet].
3. Make repairs or adjustments to; "You should overhaul your car engine".[Wordnet].
4. To render modern; to adapt to modern person or things; to cause to conform to recent or present usage or taste.[Websters].
5. Base verb from the following inflections: modernizing, modernized, modernizes, modernizer, modernizers, modernizingly and modernizedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adjective1. Being refreshing. [Eve - graph theoretic]
2. Being redeeming.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008.

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Date "MODERNIZING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1518. (references)

Specialty Definition: MODERNIZING

DomainDefinition
Noah Webster [Verb] Rendering modern.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Wiktionary[Verb] Present participle of modernize. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Common Expressions: modernize

ExpressionsDefinition
Modernize São Vicente MovementModernize São Vicente Movement (Movimento Modernizar São Vicente) is a political party in São Vicente, Cape Verde. The party is led by Albertino Graça. (references)

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Topics by Level of Interest: modernize

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Modernize São Vicente Movement4   Modernize São Vicente Movement4

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