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Modernize

To render modern; to adapt to modern person or things; to cause to conform to recent or present usage or taste.

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Verb group 2

Develop 84% connected

To free from that which infolds or envelops; to unfold; to lay open by degrees or in detail; to make visible or known; to disclose; to produce or giv…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet groups these verbs by closely related meaning.

Develop 84% connected

To free from that which infolds or envelops; to unfold; to lay open by degrees or in detail; to make visible or known; to disclose; to produce or giv…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet groups these verbs by closely related meaning.

Broader term 3

Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Regenerate 76% connected

Reproduced.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Renew 76% connected

To make new again; to restore to freshness, perfection, or vigor; to give new life to; to rejuvenate; to re/stablish; to recreate; to rebuild.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Derivationally related 2

Development 74% connected

The act of developing or disclosing that which is unknown; a gradual unfolding process by which anything is developed, as a plan or method, or an ima…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Development 74% connected

The act of developing or disclosing that which is unknown; a gradual unfolding process by which anything is developed, as a plan or method, or an ima…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Entails 6

Bushel 72% connected

A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons, or thirty-two quarts.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records that the source verb entails the related action.

Doctor 72% connected

A teacher; one skilled in a profession, or branch of knowledge learned man.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records that the source verb entails the related action.

Fix 72% connected

Fixed; solidified.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records that the source verb entails the related action.

Mend 72% connected

To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement; to patch up; to put…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records that the source verb entails the related action.

Repair 72% connected

To return.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Restore 72% connected

To bring back to its former state; to bring back from a state of ruin, decay, disease, or the like; to repair; to renew; to recover.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records that the source verb entails the related action.

Synonym 2

Develop 92% connected

To free from that which infolds or envelops; to unfold; to lay open by degrees or in detail; to make visible or known; to disclose; to produce or giv…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Overhaul 92% connected

To haul or drag over; hence, to turn over for examination; to inspect; to examine thoroughly with a view to corrections or repairs.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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