China is working to modernize its weapons program.
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Modernize
//ˈmɒdənaɪz//
Synonyms for "modernize" (17 found)
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Closest matches (4)
Verb(3 words)
Strong matches (5)
Related words (8)
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8 entriesderived from
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5 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
76 translations across 29 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- modernizoj verb (bring something up to date)
- modernizoj verb (become modern)
Belarusian
4 entries- асуча́снівацца verb (become modern)
- асуча́сніваць verb (bring something up to date)
- асуча́сніцца verb (become modern)
- асуча́сніць verb (bring something up to date)
Bulgarian
3 entries- модернизирам verb (bring something up to date)
- модернизирам се verb (become modern)
- осъвременявам verb (bring something up to date)
Catalan
1 entries- modernitzar verb (bring something up to date)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 現代化 /现代化 verb (bring something up to date)
- 近代化 verb (bring something up to date)
Czech
1 entries- modernizovat verb (bring something up to date)
Dutch
1 entries- moderniseren verb (bring something up to date)
Esperanto
2 entries- modernigi verb (bring something up to date)
- moderniĝi verb (become modern)
Finnish
4 entries- modernisoida verb (bring something up to date)
- modernisoitua verb (become modern)
- nykyaikaistaa verb (bring something up to date)
- nykyaikaistua verb (become modern)
French
1 entries- moderniser verb (bring something up to date)
Galician
2 entries- modernizar verb (bring something up to date)
- modernizarse verb (become modern)
German
1 entries- modernisieren verb (bring something up to date)
Greek
2 entries- εκμοντερνίζω verb (bring something up to date)
- μοντερνίζω verb (bring something up to date)
Hindi
2 entries- आधुनिकीकृत verb (bring something up to date)
- आधुनिकीकृत verb (become modern)
Hungarian
2 entries- korszerűsít verb (bring something up to date)
- modernizál verb (bring something up to date)
Icelandic
1 entries- nútímavæða verb (bring something up to date)
Indonesian
2 entries- memodernkan verb (bring something up to date)
- memutakhirkan verb (bring something up to date)
Italian
1 entries- modernizzare verb (bring something up to date)
Japanese
2 entries- 現代化する verb (bring something up to date)
- 近代化する verb (bring something up to date)
Kazakh
3 entries- жаңарту verb (bring something up to date)
- жаңғырту verb (bring something up to date)
- жетілдіру verb (bring something up to date)
Macedonian
4 entries- модернизи́ра verb (bring something up to date)
- осовременува verb (bring something up to date)
- се модернизи́ра verb (become modern)
- се осовременува verb (become modern)
Malayalam
1 entries- ആധുനികീകരിക്കുക verb (bring something up to date)
Polish
4 entries- modernizować verb (bring something up to date)
- modernizować się verb (become modern)
- unowocześniać verb (bring something up to date)
- unowocześniać się verb (become modern)
Portuguese
2 entries- modernizar verb (bring something up to date)
- modernizar-se verb (become modern)
Russian
4 entries- модернизи́ровать verb (bring something up to date)
- модернизи́роваться verb (become modern)
- осовреме́нивать verb (bring something up to date)
- осовреме́ниваться verb (become modern)
Slovene
2 entries- modernizirati verb (bring something up to date)
- posodobiti verb (bring something up to date)
Spanish
2 entries- modernizar verb (bring something up to date)
- modernizarse verb (become modern)
Swedish
1 entries- modernisera verb (bring something up to date)
Ukrainian
4 entries- модернізува́ти verb (bring something up to date)
- модернізува́тися verb (become modern)
- осуча́снити verb (bring something up to date)
- осуча́снитися verb (become modern)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
It's expensive to modernize a city.
Source: tatoeba (1417751)
Algeria needs to modernize its economy.
Source: tatoeba (7852513)
Algeria needs to modernize its education system.
Source: tatoeba (7856826)
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