(transitive) To make (something old or outdated) up to date, or modern in style or function by adding or changing equipment, designs, etc.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

simple past tense and past participle of modernize

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of modernize

plural of modernizer

Pertaining to a current or recent time and style; not ancient. / (history) Pertaining to the modern period (c.1800 to contemporary times), particularly in academic historiography.

Someone who lives in modern times.

The quality of being modern or contemporary. / Modern times. / (history) Quality of being of the modern period of contemporary historiography.

(uncountable) Modern or contemporary ideas, thought, practices, etc. / (countable) Anything that is characteristic of modernity.

The process of modernizing.