industrialize
verb (used with object)
to introduce industry into (an area) on a large scale.
had industrialized
-
past perfectof industrialize.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
By 2001 China had industrialized the same trade, and the machine had two engines.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
Commemorations instead stressed how, in the century since the Revolution, the U.S. had industrialized, ended the oppressive system of slavery and expanded its territory across the continent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
It had industrialized and unified later than the other countries.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
Just as European states had industrialized and then turned to foreign conquest, the new leadership of Japan looked to the weaker states of their region as “natural” territories to be incorporated.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
By the 1960s and 1970s, the country had industrialized and urbanized rapidly; divorce and teenage-pregnancy rates climbed.
From New York Times ● Jan. 14, 2015
