Meaning of industry in English

industry

noun

/ˈɪn.də.stri/ us

/ˈɪn.də.stri/

industry noun (PRODUCTION)

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.

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Industry & industrial processes

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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.

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industry noun (QUALITY)

[ U ] formal

the quality of regularly working hard:

I must say that I'm very impressed by her industry.

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Work, working and the workplace

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industry | American Dictionary

industry

noun

/ˈɪn·də·stri, ˈɪnˌdʌs·tri/

industry noun (PRODUCTION)

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the companies and activities involved in the production of goods for sale, esp. in a factory:

business and industry

industry noun (TYPE OF WORK)

[ C ]

a type of business:

She’s worked in the banking and computer industries.

industry noun (HARD WORK)

[ U ]

the quality of working hard:

It takes industry and determination to complete a Ph.D.

industrialized

adjective us

/ɪnˈdʌs·tri·əˌlɑɪzd/

industrialized nations

industrious

adjective us

/ɪnˈdʌs·tri·əs/

Every employee is expected to be competent and industrious.

(Definition of industry from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

industry | Business English

industry

noun

ECONOMICS, PRODUCTION

/ˈɪndəstri/ us

plural industries

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the companies and activities involved in the production of goods:

We hope the government listens to the concerns of industry and drops its plans to introduce another crippling tax on business.

domestic/global/international industry

in industry The largest firms only account for one in four jobs in industry.

go/move into industry Another top accountant has moved into industry.

[ C ]

the people and activities involved in one type of business that produces goods or offers services:

the car/electronics/construction industry In the construction industry, as in other industries, mechanization has had a major impact.

the advertising/banking/insurance industry

the music/movie/entertainment industry

Job gains in service industries such as health care and banking offset losses in such areas as construction.

a global/growing/leading industry

an industry consultant/expert/observer

industry figures/data/average The auto maker spends $581 more on distribution per car than the industry average.

Examples of industry

industry

Therefore, the experts who planned production were drawn from industry itself.

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Additional references were identified through searching bibliographies of related publications and through contact with relevant topic experts and industry.

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The forests are mainly used for extracting reed - a material used both by traditional artisans and the paper-pulp industry.

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The policy network representing the interests of the mainland heavy industry (most importantly the metallurgical industry) comes very close to the ideal type policy community.

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The latter will, however, probably gather more substance from following industry reports than this book.

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In terms of recreation, culture, education, and even rural industries, the period was characterised as much by development and change as by stagnation and decline.

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The cotton-manufacturing industry fulfilled different roles in each town, and consequently had a different impact on each political environment.

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Governmental expenditures, including expenditures to secure property rights, also are found to increase technical efficiency in the agricultural industry.

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Rather, a labour shortage was holding back further expansion of the rubber, palm oil and timber export industries.

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Farming, fishing, and (for a time early in the 1900s) the timber industry have provided the primary livelihood for residents.

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If industrial, could expand to areas of industry that were substantially the same.

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The primary sector (agriculture, fisheries, forestry, and mining) tends to be more resource-intensive than either the secondary (industry) or tertiary (services) sectors.

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Unlike pharmaceuticals, and apart from the giants mentioned above, the industry is highly fragmented, consisting of numerous small niche markets with a few products only.

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This is in contrast to the current industry vertical integration that is outside of farmers' control.

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The industry can be categorized into three fund types - 'retail ' superannuation funds, 'not-for-profit ' superannuation funds and ' self-managed ' superannuation funds.

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Collocations with industry

industry

These are words often used in combination with industry.

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agricultural industry

Surplus labor power in the agricultural industry was also a major concern.

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aircraft industry

That is particularly true of anything to do with the defence industry, the aircraft industry and so forth.

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airline industry

The airline industry is a very clear example of this actuality.

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What is the pronunciation of industry?

Translations of industry

in Chinese (Traditional)

生產, 工業, 產業…

Meaning of industry in English

industry noun (PRODUCTION)

industry noun (TYPE OF WORK)

industry noun (QUALITY)

industry | American Dictionary

industry noun (PRODUCTION)

industry noun (TYPE OF WORK)

industry noun (HARD WORK)

industrialized

industrious

industry | Business English

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