MODERNIZATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does modernization mean? 

• MODERNIZATION (noun)
  The noun MODERNIZATION has 2 senses:

1. making modern in appearance or behavior

2. a modernized version (as of a play)

  Familiarity information: MODERNIZATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MODERNIZATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Making modern in appearance or behavior

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

modernisation; modernization

Context example:

the modernization of Nigeria will be a long process

Hypernyms ("modernization" is a kind of...):

improvement (the act of improving something)

Derivation:

modernize (become technologically advanced)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A modernized version (as of a play)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("modernization" is a kind of...):

adaptation; version (a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form)

 Context examples 

He noted, "the army modernization does not just cover buying 'hardware' but technology transfer as well."

(Hungarian state-owned enterprise acquires Hirtenberger Defence Group, Wikinews)

The November 4 issue of Magyar Nemzet published an interview with Gáspár Maróth, the Hungarian Government commissioner responsible for defence, defence industries and coordinating defence modernization, in which the deal was announced.

(Hungarian state-owned enterprise acquires Hirtenberger Defence Group, Wikinews)