industrialize

American  

[in-duhs-tree-uh-lahyz] / ɪnˈdʌs tri əˌlaɪz /

especially British, industrialise

verb (used with object)

industrialized, industrializing

1. to introduce industry into (an area) on a large scale.

2. to convert to the ideals, methods, aims, etc., of industrialism.

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verb (used without object)

industrialized, industrializing

1. to undergo industrialization.

2. to follow or espouse industrialism.

industrialize British  

/ ɪnˈdʌstrɪəˌlaɪz /

verb

1. (tr) to develop industry on an extensive scale in (a country, region, etc)

2. (intr) (of a country, region, etc) to undergo the development of industry on an extensive scale

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Other Word Forms

• industrialization noun
• nonindustrialized adjective
• overindustrialize verb
• semi-industrialized adjective
• unindustrialized adjective

Etymology

Origin of industrialize

First recorded in 1880–85; industrial + -ize

Example Sentences

He expects to be able to commercialize them within one to two years and industrialize the process in another two to three years.

From Barron's

That project aims to deliver electricity from the site in Tibet to China’s industrialized southeast coast.

From The Wall Street Journal

Their work proposes that chronic stress and many widespread health concerns stem from a fundamental mismatch between our nature-shaped physiology and the highly industrialized environments most people live in today.

From Science Daily

“We’re talking about food that is not found in nature, created by combining artificial chemicals with industrialized processes.”

From Los Angeles Times

Britain, which pioneered the use of coal for energy, last year became the first large industrialized country to shut all of its coal-fired power plants.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• motorize