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modernise en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈmɒdənaɪz/ (UK)
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Meanings

  1. (UK, alt-of, nonstandard) Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of modernize.
    alt of modernize
    • The principal locomotive workshops now in use are those of the former Rhymney Railway at Caerphilly, modernised and re-equipped to meet the requirements of the new regime. 1939 September, D. S. Barrie, “The Railways of South Wales”, in Railway Magazine, pages 159, 161:
    • The same applies to the toilets. Simply the ability to remove those labels that read "do not flush while the train is at a station" (a sticker that dates a train as 'old') modernises them no end. 2019 October 23, Pip Dunn, “The next king of Scotland”, in Rail, page 50:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
modernises Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
modernised Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
modernised Tense=Past lexicographic
modernising Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

modernisable · moderniser · modernised · modernisation