industry

[ in-duh-stree ]

/ ˈɪn də stri /

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noun, plural in·dus·tries for 1, 2, 7.

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.

Words nearby industry

industrialist, industrialization, industrialize, industrials, industrious, industry, industrywide, indwell, indwelling catheter, indy, indy 500

Origin of industry

1475–85; earlier industrie < Latin industria, noun use of feminine of industrius industrious

SYNONYMS FOR industry

6 application, effort, assiduity, industriousness.

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OTHER WORDS FROM industry

in·ter·in·dus·try, adjectivemin·i-in·dus·try, noun, plural min·i-in·dus·tries.non·in·dus·try, adjectivepre·in·dus·try, noun, adjective

pro·in·dus·try, adjectivesub·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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Example sentences from the Web for industry

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Industry experts claim an increase in awareness amongst men when it comes to styles, design, and price regarding their underwear.
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The industry lore is downright jaw-dropping in the details of the cons known as “brick-in-box” returns.
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From writer Gail Simone to artist Fiona Staples, there are incredible women already working in the industry.
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There were witnesses who are sons of powerful men; congressmen, senators, captains of industry.
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They are such as reason must admire, for they are the result of industry, temperance, and freedom.
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Real knowledge concerning fur dressing and dyeing is possessed only by those actually engaged in the industry.
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As their homes by neglect have grown shabby and squalid, so their industry has become calculating and sordid.
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The reason of all this is the lack of energy and industry in the people.
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Lost wealth can be replaced by industry; lost health by hygiene; but lost time is gone forever.
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British Dictionary definitions for industry

industry

/ (ˈɪndəstrɪ) /

noun plural -tries

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 servicethe steel industry

industrial ownership and management interests collectively, as contrasted with labour interests
manufacturing enterprise collectively, as opposed to agriculture

diligence; assiduity

Word Origin for industry

C15: from Latin industria diligence, from industrius active, of uncertain origin

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industry

noun, plural in·dus·tries for 1, 2, 7.

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Origin of industry

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British Dictionary definitions for industry

noun plural -tries

Word Origin for industry