industrialize
Use Industrialize in a sentence
tri verb (used with object)
1.
to introduce industry into (an area) on a large scale.
2.
to convert to the ideals, methods, aims, etc., of industrialism.
Also, especially British, in·dus·tri·al·ise.
Related forms
in·dus·tri·al·i·za·tion, noun
non·in·dus·tri·al·ized, adjective
o·ver·in·dus·tri·al·ize, verb, o·ver·in·dus·tri·al·ized, o·ver·in·dus·tri·al·iz·ing.
sem·i-in·dus·tri·al·ized, adjective
un·in·dus·tri·al·ized, adjective
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| —vb | |
| 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 |
| industrialise or industrialise | |
| —vb | |
| industriali'zation or industrialise | |
| —n | |
| industriali'sation or industrialise | |
| —n | |
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Example sentences
Still, the solar farms will industrialize the desert on an unparalleled scale.
Companies are coming in to consolidate the land and industrialize sugarcane.
Greenville residents persevered and rebuilt, and the city continued to grow and industrialize.
The situation is now changing as developing nations industrialize at a much faster pace.
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