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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. become technologically advanced;
- Example: "Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace"
- Example: "Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly"
[syn: modernize, modernise, develop]

2. make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to;
- Example: "You should overhaul your car engine"
- Example: "overhaul the health care system"
[syn: overhaul, modernize, modernise]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

modernise
    v 1: become technologically advanced; "Many countries in Asia
         are now developing at a very fast pace"; "Viet Nam is
         modernizing rapidly" [syn: modernize, modernise,
         develop]
    2: make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to; "You
       should overhaul your car engine"; "overhaul the health care
       system" [syn: overhaul, modernize, modernise]