Meaning

6 senses

  1. (uncountable)The tendency to work persistently.

    Over the years, their industry and business sense made them wealthy.

    Bestreben

    усе́рдиеusérdije, трудолю́биеtrudoljúbije, стара́тельностьstarátelʹnostʹ

    стара́нністьstaránnistʹ, стара́нняstaránnja, пи́льністьpýlʹnistʹ

  2. (countable)Businesses of the same type, considered as a whole; trade.

    The software and tourism industries continue to grow, while the steel industry remains troubled.

    The steel industry has long used blast furnaces to smelt iron.

    Branche, Wirtschaftszweig

    промы́шленностьpromýšlennostʹ, индустри́яindustríja, о́трасльótraslʹ

    промисло́вістьpromyslóvistʹ, інду́стріяindústrija, га́лузьháluzʹ

  3. (uncountable)Businesses that produce goods as opposed to services.

    Industrie

    промы́шленностьpromýšlennostʹ, инду́стрияindústrija, индустри́яindustríja

    промисло́вістьpromyslóvistʹ, інду́стріяindústrija

    the organized action of making of goods and services for sale

  4. (countable, singular, uncountable)The sector of the economy consisting of large-scale enterprises.

    There used to be a lot of industry around here, but now the economy depends on tourism.

  5. (Europe, countable, uncountable)Automated production of material goods.

  6. (countable, uncountable)A typological classification of stone tools, associated with a technocomplex.

Examples

456 sentences

  1. The computer industry is enjoying a boom.

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  2. What is the main industry in this town?

    deWas ist der industrielle Schwerpunkt in dieser Stadt?

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  3. The government started a program to promote industry.

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  4. The government should invest more money in industry.

    deDie Regierung sollte mehr Geld in die Industrie investieren.

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  5. He has powerful connections in the publishing industry.

    ruУ него широкие связи в издательском деле.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
tendency to work persistently:
businesses of the same type:
Русский
By meaning 3
tendency to work persistently:
businesses of the same type:
businesses that produce goods:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
tendency to work persistently:
businesses of the same type:
businesses that produce goods:

Origin

From Middle English industry, industrie, from Old French industrie, from Latin industria (

From Middle English industry, industrie, from Old French industrie, from Latin industria (“diligence, activity, industry”), from industrius (“diligent, active, zealous”), from Old Latin indostruus (“diligent, active”); origin unknown. Perhaps from indu (“in”) + ūst-, ūstr-, stem of ūrō (“burn, burn up, consume”, verb), related to Old High German ūstrī (“industry”), Old English andūstrian (“to hate, detest”, literally “to be consumed with zeal”).

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Forms

plural: industries
Singularindustry
Pluralindustries

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
diligenceB1industriousnesshardworkingnessbusinesses that produce goods
tendency to work persistently:applicationB1
businesses of the same type:sectorB2fieldA1
Close in meaning

Word family

41 related words
RelatedindustrialB1industriousindustrialist
Derivedagroindustryantiindustryautomotive industrybioindustrycottage industrycyberindustrydefensive industryevergreen industryfilm industryheavy industryindustry discountindustry plantindustrywideindustrywiseinfant industryinterindustryintraindustrylight industrymegaindustrymicroindustrymultiindustrynanoindustrynonindustrypreindustry

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
industrializationindustrializeB2industriallyindustriousinebriateinedible
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