Definition of "modernizes" [modernizes]

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of modernize. (verb)

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• "His good taste saves him from what in another would be shipwreck, but this indifference to values, this apparent lack of selection in material, while at times it gives a huddled flow, more than anything else "modernizes" the verse."
• "French Finance Minister François Baroin said the budget deficit data showed France is a "serious country" that modernizes itself."
• "Its rulers are eager to safeguard the country's Islamic traditions as the country rapidly modernizes and builds cutting-edge skyscrapers and lavish, cosmopolitan hotels."