(~s, modernizing, ~d)
Note: in BRIT, also use 'modernise'
To ~ something such as a system or a factory means to change it by replacing old equipment or methods with new ones.
...plans to ~ the refinery...
VERB: V n
modernizing
In effect, modernizing societies are portrayed as battlegrounds.
ADJ
modernization
...a five-year modernization programme.
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