modernize

Определение modernize в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь: To become modern in appearance, or adopt modern ways; To bring something up to date, or make it modern in style or function; to make characteristic of the present or of recent times; {v} to reduce ancient to modern; {f} make modern; improve; make new; become modern in thought or appearance (also modernise); To bring something up-to-date, or make it modern in style or function; become technologically advanced; "Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace"; "Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly"; mod·ern·ize modernizes modernizing modernized in BRIT, also use modernise To modernize something such as a system or a factory means to change it by replacing old equipment or methods with new ones. plans to modernize the refinery + modernizing mod·ern·iz·ing In effect, modernizing societies are portrayed as battlegrounds. + modernization mod·erni·za·tion a five-year modernization programme; make repairs or adjustments to; "You should overhaul your car engine"; To render modern; to adapt to modern person or things; to cause to conform to recent or present usage or taste; become technologically advanced; "Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace"; "Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly
modernizer: an advocate of modernization
modernise: make repairs or adjustments to; "You should overhaul your car engine"
modernise: become technologically advanced; "Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace"; "Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly"
modernise: {f} make modern; improve; make new; become modern in thought or appearance (also modernize)
modernise: alternative spelling of modernize
modernised: {s} made modern; adapted to modern ways or views (also modernized)
modernised: brought up to date; "modernized methods"
modernization: Transformation of a society from a rural and agrarian condition to a secular, urban, and industrial one. It is closely linked with industrialization. As societies modernize, the individual becomes increasingly important, gradually replacing the family, community, or occupational group as the basic unit of society. Division of labour, characteristic of industrialization, is also applied to institutions, which become more highly specialized. Instead of being governed by tradition or custom, society comes to be governed according to abstract principles formulated for that purpose. Traditional religious beliefs often decline in importance, and distinctive cultural traits are often lost
modernization: Bringing the exterior or interior of a structure up-to-date in design and function Modernization A change in any of the terms of the loan agreement
modernization: {i} advancement; process of becoming modern (also modernisation)
modernization: making modern in appearance or behavior; "the modernization of Nigeria will be a long process"
modernization: Replacement of outmoded fixture, equipment, and other features of an improvement with modern features
modernization: making modern in appearance or behavior; "the modernization of Nigeria will be a long process" a modernized version (as of a play)
modernization: The far-reaching process by which peripheral nations move from having traditional or less developed institutions to those characteristics of more developed societies (p 258)
modernization: a modernized version (as of a play)
modernization: Process of upgrading public housing developments when the local housing authority and HUD deem that the physical condition, location, and outmoded management policies in specific developments "adversely affect the quality of living of the tenants " To obtain HUD Modernization funds, the housing authority must, in addition to submitting plans for modernization and rehabilitation of buildings and grounds, involve tenants in such planning, in changing management policies and practices, and in expanding services and facilities available to tenants Modernization programs involve the sale of housing authority bonds and an adjustment in the Annual Contributions Contract
modernization: A bundle of ideas that postulate the inevitable drive of nation-states to ‘progress’ via technological development and liberal political institutions
modernization: the process of modernizing
modernization: The act of rendering modern in style; the act or process of causing to conform to modern of thinking or acting
modernization: The far-reaching process by which a society moves from traditional or less developed institutions to those characteristic of more developed societies (See 211)
modernization: the process by which cultures are forced to accept traits from outside
modernized: brought up to date; "modernized methods"
modernized: past of modernize
modernized: brought up to date; "modernized methods
modernized: {s} made modern; adapted to modern ways or views (also modernised)
modernizer: {i} person who makes something modern and up-to-date; one who modernizes
modernizer: mod·ern·iz·er modernizers in BRIT, also use moderniser A modernizer is someone who replaces old equipment or methods with new ones
modernizer: One who modernizes
modernizes: third-person singular of modernize
modernizing: present participle of modernize