English-Thai Dictionary

modernize

VT ทำให้ ทันสมัย  ทำให้ เหมาะกับ สมัยปัจจุบัน  rebuild improve update tam-hai-tan-sa-mai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MODERNIZE

v.t.To render modern; to adapt ancient compositions to modern persons or things, or rather to adapt the ancient style or idiom to modern style and taste.

 

MODERNIZED

pp. Rendered conformable to modern usage.

 

MODERNIZER

n.He that renders modern.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MODERNIZE

Mod "ern *ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Modernized; p. pr. & vb. n.Modernizing. ] Etym: [Cf. F. moderniser. ]

 

Defn: To render modern; to adapt to modern person or things; to cause to conform to recent or present usage or taste. Percy.

 

MODERNIZER

MODERNIZER Mod "ern *i `zer, n.

 

Defn: One who modernizes.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

modernize

mod ern ize |ˈmädərˌnīz ˈmɑdərˌnaɪz | ▶verb [ with obj. ] adapt (something ) to modern needs or habits, typically by installing modern equipment or adopting modern ideas or methods: a five-year plan to modernize Algerian agriculture. DERIVATIVES mod ern i za tion |ˌmädərnəˈzāSHən |noun, mod ern iz er noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

modernize

modernize |ˈmɒd (ə )nʌɪz |(also modernise ) ▶verb [ with obj. ] adapt (something ) to modern needs or habits, typically by installing modern equipment or adopting modern ideas or methods: he modernized the health service. DERIVATIVES modernization |-ˈzeɪʃ (ə )n |noun, modernizer noun

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

modernize

modernize verb 1 they are modernizing their manufacturing facilities: update, bring up to date, streamline, overhaul; renovate, remodel, refashion, revamp. 2 we must modernize to survive: get up to date, move with the times, innovate; informal get in the swim, get with it, go with the flow.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

modernize

modernize verb 1 the company is investing $9m to modernize its manufacturing facilities: update, bring up to date, bring /drag /lead /march into the twenty-first century, streamline, rationalize, overhaul, develop; renovate, rebuild, reindustrialize, remodel, refashion, retouch, remake, redo, refresh, revamp, make over, rejuvenate, redecorate, refurbish; informal do over, tart up. 2 if we don't modernize, we will lose our competitive edge: get up to date, move with the times, innovate, make changes /alterations; informal get in the swim, drag oneself into the twenty-first century, get on the ball, get with it.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

modernize

mod ern ize /mɑ́də r nàɪz |mɔ́d -/→modern 動詞 ～s /-ɪz /; ～d /-d /; -izing 他動詞 …を現代 [近代 ]化する , 現代風にする , 最新式にする 自動詞 (より )近代 [現代 ]化する , 現代的になる .m ó d ern ì zer 名詞 C 近代化推進者 .