(transitive) To make (something old or outdated) up to date, or modern in style or function by adding or changing equipment, designs, etc.

An advocate of modernization.

The process of modernizing.

plural of modern

Of or relating to the Streamline Moderne school of architecture.

present participle of modernize

simple past tense and past participle of modernize

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of modernize

the property of being modern

plural of modernness