industrynoun
uk/ˈɪn.də.stri/us/ˈɪn.də.stri/industry noun (PRODUCTION)
B2 [ U ] the companies and activities involved in the process of producing goods for sale, especially in a factory or special area:
trade and industry
industry and commerce
The city needs to attract more industry.
The strike seriously reduced coal deliveries to industry.
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- The government is trying to attract industry to the area .
- Is industry getting a rough deal from the EU?
- The state of Michigan has endowed three institutes to do research for industry.
- Most of the country's industry is in the Northwest.
- He was honoured for his distinguished service in industry.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Industry & industrial processes
- carding
- compression moulding
- deindustrialization
- die cutting
- heavy industry
- industrialization
- injection moulding
- just-in-time
- light industry
- machine carding
- manufacture
- mining
- plastic
- prefabricated
- quality assurance
- quality control
- raw
- rustbelt
- sand-cast
- tertiary
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industry noun (TYPE OF WORK)
B1 [ C ] the people and activities involved in one type of business:
the gas/electricity industry
the tourist industry
manufacturing industries
The computer industry has been booming.
[ C ] disapproving something that is produced or is available in large quantities and makes a lot of money:
the heritage industry
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- The government was determined to reduce the number of state-owned industries.
- The redundancies are spread across the clothing, banking and building industries.
- Service industries such as tourism have become more important in the post-industrial age.
- The chemical industry produces such things as petrochemicals, drugs, paint and rubber.
- She works in the construction industry.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Industry & industrial processes
- carding
- compression moulding
- deindustrialization
- die cutting
- heavy industry
- industrialization
- injection moulding
- just-in-time
- light industry
- machine carding
- manufacture
- mining
- plastic
- prefabricated
- quality assurance
- quality control
- raw
- rustbelt
- sand-cast
- tertiary
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You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Enterprises
industry noun (QUALITY)
[ U ] formal the quality of regularly working hard:
I must say that I'm very impressed by her industry.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Work, working and the workplace
- a long way to go idiom
- act as sth 1
- act as sth
- all work and no play (makes Jack a dull boy) idiom
- assignment
- cabin
- hold down a job idiom
- hoop
- hot desk
- hot-desking
- hotelling
- housekeeping
- labour
- slouch
- spadework
- stroke
- sweat
- sweat over sth
- swing into action idiom
- temp
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