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1. (n.) industry
the aggregate of manufacturing enterprises in a particular field:
the steel industry.
2. industry
any general business activity:
the tourist industry.
3. industry
trade or manufacture in general.
4. industry
systematic work or labor.
5. industry
energetic, devoted activity at any work or task; diligence.
6. industry
the aggregate of work, scholarship, and ancillary activity in a particular field, often named after its principal subject:
the Mozart industry.
7. industry
Archaeol. an assemblage of artifacts regarded as unmistakably the work of a single prehistoric group.
Etymology: (1475–85; earlier industrie < L industria, n. use of fem. of industriusindustrious)
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| Definition of 'industry' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) industry
the people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise
"each industry has its own trade publications"
2. (noun) industry, manufacture
the organized action of making of goods and services for sale
"American industry is making increased use of computers to control production"
3. (noun) diligence, industriousness, industry
persevering determination to perform a task
"his diligence won him quick promotions"; "frugality and industry are still regarded as virtues"
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1. (noun) industry
the production of goods
to work in industry
2. industry
the companies involved in a particular type of industry
the automotive/textile/manufacturing industry
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| Definition of 'industry' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) industry
habitual diligence in any employment or pursuit, either bodily or mental; steady attention to business; assiduity; -- opposed to sloth and idleness; as, industry pays debts, while idleness or despair will increase them
2. (noun) industry
any department or branch of art, occupation, or business; especially, one which employs much labor and capital and is a distinct branch of trade; as, the sugar industry; the iron industry; the cotton industry
3. (noun) industry
human exertion of any kind employed for the creation of value, and regarded by some as a species of capital or wealth; labor
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. industry
The aggregate of manufacturing or technically productive enterprises in a particular field, often named after its principle product, as "the automobile industry", "the steel industry". It includes the ownership and management of companies, factories, industrial plants, etc. (From Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)
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Sense: (any part of) the business of producing or making goods
the ship-building industry; The government should invest more money in industry.
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 Afrikaans: industrie |
 Arabic: صِناعَه |
 Bulgarian: промишленост |
 Brazilian: indústria |
 Czech: průmysl |
 German: die Industrie |
 Danish: industri; -industri |
 Greek: βιομηχανία |
 Spanish: industria |
 Estonian: tööstus |
 Farsi: صنعت |
 Finnish: teollisuus |
 French: industrie |
 Hebrew: תַעֲשִׂייָה |
 Hindi: व्यवसाय |
 Croatian: industrija |
 Hungarian: ipar(ág) |
 Indonesian: industri |
 Icelandic: iðnaður |
 Italian: industria |
 Japanese: 産業 |
 Korean: 산업 |
 Lithuanian: pramonė |
 Latvian: industrija, rūpniecība |
 Malay: industri |
 Dutch: industrie |
 Norwegian: industri, næring(sliv) |
 Polish: przemysł |
 Persian: صنعت |
 Pashto: صنعت |
 Portuguese: indústria |
 Romanian: industrie |
 Russian: отрасль промышленности |
 Slovak: priemysel, priemyslové od |
 Slovenian: industrija |
 Serbian: industrija |
 Swedish: industri |
 Thai: อุตสาหกรรม |
 Turkish: sanayi, endüstri |
 Taiwanese: 工業 |
 Ukrainian: промисловість, індустрія |
 Urdu: صنعت اور حرفت کے کاروبار |
 Vietnamese: ngành công nghiệp |
 Chinese: 工业 |
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