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noun, plural in·dus·tries for 1, 2, 7.
1.
the aggregate of manufacturing or technically productive enterprises in a particular field, often named after its principal product: the automobile industry; the steel industry.
2.
any general business activity; commercial enterprise: the Italian tourist industry.
3.
trade or manufacture in general: the rise of industry in Africa.
4.
the ownership and management of companies, factories, etc.: friction between labor and industry.
5.
EXPANDsystematic work or labor.
6.
energetic, devoted activity at any work or task; diligence: Her teacher praised her industry.
7.
the aggregate of work, scholarship, and ancillary activity in a particular field, often named after its principal subject: the Mozart industry.
8.
COLLAPSEArchaeology. an assemblage of artifacts regarded as unmistakably the work of a single prehistoric group.
Origin:
1475–85; earlier industrie < Latin industria, noun use of feminine of industrius industrious
1475–85; earlier industrie < Latin industria, noun use of feminine of industrius industrious
Related forms
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
EXPANDsub·in·dus·try, noun, plural sub·in·dus·tries.
su·per·in·dus·try, noun, plural su·per·in·dus·tries.
COLLAPSESynonyms
6. application, effort, assiduity, industriousness.
6. application, effort, assiduity, industriousness.
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