(v) become technologically advanced, Syn. modernise, develop, Example:Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace; Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)
v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Modernized p. pr. & vb. n. Modernizing ] [ Cf. F. moderniser. ] To render modern; to adapt to modern person or things; to cause to conform to recent or present usage or taste. Percy. [ 1913 Webster ]
[科学技术现代化 / 科學技術現代化, kē xué jì shù xiàn dài huàㄎㄜ ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄐㄧˋ ㄕㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄞˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ] modernization of science and technology, one of Deng Xiaoping's Four Modernizations
[おやといがいこくじん, oyatoigaikokujin] (n) hired foreigners; foreign advisors hired by the Japanese government for their specialized knowledge to assist in the modernization of Japan at the end of the Bakufu and during the Meiji Era