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