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modernization

[ mod-er-nahy-zey-shuhn ]

noun

  1. the act or process of making or becoming up-to-date, or the state of being up-to-date or modern:

    Los Angeles is investing billions in the first major modernization at LAX since the 1984 Olympics.



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Other Words From

  • an·ti·mod·er·ni·za·tion noun
  • o·ver·mod·er·ni·za·tion noun
  • re·mod·er·ni·za·tion noun

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Example Sentences

Despite recent attempts at democracy and modernization, Sark is full of quirks befitting its history.

As tourists pour in from around the world, the newly-formed democracy is trying to balance growth and modernization with heritage.

Nearly half a mile down the mountain, the city of Medellín has its sights set on the future—on modernization, on redemption.

The palace is a place where, for all the laudible efforts at modernization and innovation, convention is still king.

He spent his weekends and holidays cleaning the facilities and attending to equipment modernization.

Brioude has to a great extent escaped modernization and still has many old houses and fountains.

This is a fine study of an ancient heliolithic culture breaking up under modernization.

At Ise there is so much money,—such enormous hotels,—such modernization: the place did not feel holy to me, as Kizuki did.

It has undergone a complete modernization, and a new roof has just now been put up.

Japan has come very far along material modernization; she has virtually stepped up to the front rank of nations.

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