modernize
/ˈmɒdənaɪz/verb
उच्चारण मॉडनाइज़
आधुनिक बनाना, आधुनिकीकरण करना
Core word
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[T] ~ sth
to make a system or method more modern and more suitable for use at the present time
आधुनिक बनाना, आधुनिकीकरण करना
- The government plans to modernize the railways.
- The old hospital has been completely modernized.
- The company has modernized its factories with new machines.
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- Schools across the state are being modernized with smart classrooms.
- We need to modernize our filing system before the audit.
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[I]
to start using modern equipment, ideas or methods
आधुनिक बनना, नए तौर-तरीके अपनाना
- Small industries must modernize or they will not survive.
- The railways plan to modernize old stations with better lighting and clean toilets.
- Many small shopkeepers have modernized and now accept digital payments.
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- If the club refuses to modernize, it will lose its young members.
- The farm modernized quickly once it began using drip irrigation.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
modernize (transitive verb) + object
The verb takes a direct object: you modernize a system, building, factory or method.
यह सकर्मक क्रिया है और इसके बाद सीधा object आता है: आप किसी system, इमारत, कारखाने या तरीके को modernize करते हैं।
- The company decided to modernize its factory.
- They modernized the old school building.
modernize (intransitive)
Without an object, it means to become modern or adopt modern methods.
बिना object के इसका अर्थ आधुनिक बन जाना या आधुनिक तरीके अपनाना है।
- Small shops must modernize or close.
- The country was slow to modernize.
be modernized (passive)
The passive is common in news about buildings, services and systems.
इमारतों, सेवाओं और व्यवस्थाओं की खबरों में passive रूप आम है।
- Ten stations will be modernized this year.
- The law has been modernized.
spelling: modernize / modernise
The -ize spelling is accepted in British English as well, while modernise is the common -ise form.
British English में -ize वर्तनी भी स्वीकार्य है, और -ise रूप modernise भी आम है।
- The college plans to modernise its labs.
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modernize + noun
economyarmyrailwaysagriculturecurriculumequipment
- The government promised to modernize the economy.
adverb + modernize
rapidlyfullygraduallycompletelyslowly
- The city is rapidly modernizing its bus service.
plan / need / try + to modernize
plan toneed totry torefuse toaim to
- Schools need to modernize their teaching methods.
modernize + preposition
modernize withmodernize throughmodernize by
- The hospital modernized through the use of digital records.
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- The railways plan to modernize more than a hundred stations.
रेलवे सौ से अधिक स्टेशनों को आधुनिक बनाने की योजना बना रहा है।
- Radhika's father modernized his shop by installing a computer.
राधिका के पिता ने कंप्यूटर लगाकर अपनी दुकान को आधुनिक बनाया।
- The syllabus was modernized after twenty years.
बीस साल बाद पाठ्यक्रम को आधुनिक बनाया गया।
- Farmers who modernize their tools often earn more.
जो किसान अपने औज़ार आधुनिक बनाते हैं, वे प्रायः अधिक कमाते हैं।
- The old library needs to modernize to attract young readers.
पुराने पुस्तकालय को युवा पाठकों को आकर्षित करने के लिए आधुनिक बनना होगा।
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✗ The government will modernize to the army.
✓ The government will modernize the army.
Modernize is transitive and takes its object directly.
'Modernize' सकर्मक है और object सीधे लेता है।
✗ The shop is modernizing since last year.
✓ The shop has been modernizing since last year.
Since needs the present perfect continuous, not the present continuous.
'Since' के साथ present perfect continuous आता है, present continuous नहीं।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
Modernize, renovate and upgrade all improve something old, but in different ways.
Modernize, renovate और upgrade तीनों पुरानी चीज़ को बेहतर बनाते हैं, पर अलग तरीकों से।
Make a system or method suit the present day.
किसी व्यवस्था या तरीके को आज के अनुकूल बनाना।
- Banks modernized their services.
Repair and repaint a building to make it like new.
इमारत की मरम्मत और रंगाई करके उसे नया जैसा बनाना।
- They renovated the old house.
Replace a thing with a better version.
किसी चीज़ को बेहतर संस्करण से बदलना।
- He upgraded the software.