verb · formal
modernize
UK/ˈmɒdənaɪz/US/ˈmɑːdərˌnaɪz/MO·dern·ize
Band 5-6task2speaking
to make something more modern or up-to-date
Examples
“The city plans to modernize its public transport system.”
“They modernized the factory with new machines.”
“Modernizing education requires investment in teacher training.”
Band 8 sentence
“The government has committed to modernize rural hospitals by investing in new equipment and staff training.”
Collocations
- modernize infrastructure
- modernize the curriculum
- modernize factories/industry
Word family
modernize verbmodernizes/modernized/modernizing verb formsmodernization nounmodern adjective
Common mistakes
Many modernizations are needed in the countryside.→Much modernization is needed in the countryside.
They modernize the system yesterday.→They modernized the system yesterday.
Say it for a higher band
5change→6update→7+modernize
Synonyms
update
revamp
Easily confused
update
“We need to update the software to fix the bugs.”
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