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MODERNIZED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does modernized mean?
• MODERNIZED (adjective)
The adjective MODERNIZED has 1 sense:
1. brought up to date
Familiarity information: MODERNIZED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Brought up to date
Synonyms:
modernised; modernized
Context example:
modernized methods
Similar:
progressive (favoring or promoting progress)
Context examples
It aspires to being a modernized fairy tale, in which the wonderment and joy are retained and the heartaches and nightmares are left out.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
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