modernised

«modernised» in Mova's school dictionary: Made modern; changed with new equipment, methods or ideas… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (modernised); verb form (past of «modernise»: modernise, modernises, modernised, modernising – UK; modernize, modernized – US)

meaning for a pupil

1) Made modern; changed with new equipment, methods or ideas so it is up to date: «a modernised kitchen». tree →

2) (verb, past) Past form of «modernise»: «They modernised the old school». tree →

sense in the lessons

In history lessons, countries «modernised» with railways, factories and schools, for example Japan after 1868. In everyday life, old buildings, trains and kitchens are modernised. Phrases: «a newly modernised station», «fully modernised», «modernised version».

examples

• The station was modernised with lifts and new screens. tree →
• Our school library has been modernised. tree →
• Japan modernised quickly in the late 1800s. tree →
• Grandma's modernised kitchen has an induction hob. tree →
• The old fairy tale was modernised for the film. tree →
• The hospital was modernised last year. tree →
• The farm modernised its machines to save time. tree →
• The modernised version of the song uses electric guitars. tree →
• I have selected the incidents and modernised the spelling; otherwise the droll remains as it was told in Elizabethan times. tree →

note

UK/Australia/NZ/Ireland usually spell «modernised»; US/Canada «modernized». Both correct. Related: modern, modernisation. Not a maths word.

In the corpora

• In the war of 1894–1895 Japan, which had modernised fast, defeated Qing China and took Taiwan.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «modernised» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.