modernization

noun

mod·​ern·​i·​za·​tion ˌmä-dər-nə-ˈzā-shən 

1

: the act of modernizing : the state of being modernized

2

: something modernized : a modernized version

Examples of modernization in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

After federal and Senate investigations detailed numerous failures, including an archaic information technology system, the Health Resources and Services Administration announced a modernization initiative in March 2023. —Annie Waldman, ProPublica, 22 Feb. 2025

The systems are old, and the IRS has asked Congress for funding for modernization efforts. —Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025

City planners said the framework will cut red tape for developers and increase housing density, hopefully allowing more residents to move into the transit-rich corridor, where the CTA will soon complete its $2.1 billion Red-Purple Line modernization project. —Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2025

According to the most recent document draft, allies would remain committed to the training of Ukrainian security personnel and the modernization of its armed forces. —Donato Paolo Mancini Bloomberg, arkansasonline.com, 19 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1770, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for modernization

• abbreviation
• abomination
• acceleration
• accentuation
• accommodation
• accreditation
• acculturation
• accumulation
• acetylation
• adjudication
• administration
• adulteration