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in⋅dus⋅tri⋅al⋅ize

  [in-duhs-tree-uh-lahyz] verb, -ized, -iz⋅ing.
Use industrialize in a Sentence
–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.
–verb (used without object)
3. to undergo industrialization.
4. to follow or espouse industrialism.
Also, especially British, in⋅dus⋅tri⋅al⋅ise.

Origin:
1880–85; industrial + -ize

Related forms:
in⋅dus⋅tri⋅al⋅i⋅za⋅tion, noun
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in·dus·tri·al·ize   (ĭn-dŭs'trē-ə-līz')   
v.   in·dus·tri·al·ized, in·dus·tri·al·iz·ing, in·dus·tri·al·iz·es

v.   tr.

  1. To develop industry in (a country or society, for example).

  2. To organize (the production of something) as an industry.

v.   intr.
To become industrial.
in·dus'tri·al·i·za'tion (-ə-lĭ-zā'shən) n.
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