MODERNISE

overhaul, modernize, modernise

(verb) make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to; “You should overhaul your car engine”; “overhaul the health care system”

modernize, modernise, develop

(verb) become technologically advanced; “Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace”; “Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

modernise (third-person singular simple present modernises, present participle modernising, simple past and past participle modernised)

(British spelling) Alternative spelling of modernize

Anagrams

• demersion, demoniser, demonries, domineers, neodermis

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

11 May 2025

MALLET

(noun) a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.


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Coffee Trivia

The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.

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