Modernise

//ˈmɒdənaɪz// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of modernize. UK, alt-of, nonstandard

    "The principal locomotive workshops now in use are those of the former Rhymney Railway at Caerphilly, modernised and re-equipped to meet the requirements of the new regime."

  2. 2
    make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to wordnet
  3. 3
    become technologically advanced wordnet

Synonyms

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developmodernizemodernizeoverhauloverhaul

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"There's no money to modernise the trains."

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