Associations to the word «Modernise»

Wiktionary

MODERNISE, verb. (British spelling) Alternative spelling of modernize

Dictionary definition

MODERNISE, verb. Become technologically advanced; "Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace"; "Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly".
MODERNISE, verb. Make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to; "You should overhaul your car engine"; "overhaul the health care system".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats