industry
the aggregate of manufacturing or technically productive enterprises in a particular field, often named after its principal product: the automobile industry;the steel industry.
any general business activity; commercial enterprise: the Italian tourist industry.
trade or manufacture in general: the rise of industry in Africa.
the ownership and management of companies, factories, etc.: friction between labor and industry.
systematic work or labor.
energetic, devoted activity at any work or task; diligence: Her teacher praised her industry.
the aggregate of work, scholarship, and ancillary activity in a particular field, often named after its principal subject: the Mozart industry.
Archaeology. an assemblage of artifacts regarded as unmistakably the work of a single prehistoric group.
Origin of industry
1Other words for industry
Other words from industry
- in·ter·in·dus·try, adjective
- min·i-in·dus·try, noun, plural min·i-in·dus·tries.
- non·in·dus·try, adjective
- pre·in·dus·try, noun, adjective
- pro·in·dus·try, adjective
- sub·in·dus·try, noun, plural sub·in·dus·tries.
- su·per·in·dus·try, noun, plural su·per·in·dus·tries.
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How to use industry in a sentence
Services like Airbnb, Yelp, and yes, Uber are disrupting long-established industries, from taxis to hotels.
Why Do ‘Progressives’ Want to Ban Uber and AirBnB? | Adam Thierer, Christopher Koopman | December 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAt the time, screen quotas were far more common among film producing industries.
Propaganda, Protest, and Poisonous Vipers: The Cinema War in Korea | Rich Goldstein | December 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBarron Industries Michigan-based company that produces metal castings for various industries.
Increasingly, as these industries develop, on-site solar and wind is a way of guaranteeing a lower price for electricity.
These are not start-ups or struggling new media companies, but established businesses in old school industries.
He was experienced in the North Atlantic trade, in seal, whale and cod fishing and other Newfoundland industries.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowHe had fired, remembering that cold-blooded slaughter at the Weedham Industries plant.
Its chief industries today are biscuit making and seed farming, which give employment to ten thousand people.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car | Thomas D. MurphySurprisingly enough, some industries such as the tobacco industry and the rayon and cellophane industries expanded considerably.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia | Dorothy M. TorpeyThe ninth largest employer of workers engaged in manufacturing is the paper and allied industries.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia | Dorothy M. Torpey
British Dictionary definitions for industry
/ (ˈɪndəstrɪ) /
organized economic activity concerned with manufacture, extraction and processing of raw materials, or construction
a branch of commercial enterprise concerned with the output of a specified product or service: the steel industry
industrial ownership and management interests collectively, as contrasted with labour interests
manufacturing enterprise collectively, as opposed to agriculture
diligence; assiduity
Origin of industry
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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