modernize

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

verb

1. make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to (Freq. 3)
- You should overhaul your car engine
- overhaul the health care system
• Syn:
overhaul, modernise
• Derivationally related forms:
overhaul (for: overhaul)
• Hypernyms:
regenerate, renew
• Hyponyms:
retrofit
• Entailment:
repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor,
furbish up, restore, touch on
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. become technologically advanced (Freq. 1)
- Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace
- Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly
• Syn:
modernise, develop
• Derivationally related forms:
development (for: develop), modernisation (for: modernise), modernization
• Hypernyms:
change
• Verb Group:
build up, develop
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  modernise, develop, overhaul