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 Definitions of industry  [ˈɪn də stri]  

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Definition of 'industry' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

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)

Definition of 'industry' Princeton's WordNet 

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"


Definition of 'industry' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

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


Definition of 'industry' Webster Dictionary 

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


Definition of 'industry' U.S. National Library of Medicine 

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)


Translation of 'industry' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (any part of) the business of producing or making goods
the ship-building industry; The government should invest more money in industry.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: industrie Arabic flag Arabic: صِناعَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: промишленост
Brazilian flag Brazilian: indústria Czech flag Czech: průmysl German flag German: die Industrie
Danish flag Danish: industri; -industri Greek flag Greek: βιομηχανία Spanish flag Spanish: industria
Estonian flag Estonian: tööstus Farsi flag Farsi: صنعت Finnish flag Finnish: teollisuus
French flag French: industrie Hebrew flag Hebrew: תַעֲשִׂייָה Hindi flag Hindi: व्यवसाय
Croatian flag Croatian: industrija Hungarian flag Hungarian: ipar(ág) Indonesian flag Indonesian: industri
Icelandic flag Icelandic: iðnaður Italian flag Italian: industria Japanese flag Japanese: 産業
Korean flag Korean: 산업 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: pramonė Latvian flag Latvian: industrija, rūpniecība
Malay flag Malay: industri Dutch flag Dutch: industrie Norwegian flag Norwegian: industri, næring(sliv)
Polish flag Polish: przemysł Persian flag Persian: صنعت Pashto flag Pashto: صنعت
Portuguese flag Portuguese: indústria Romanian flag Romanian: industrie Russian flag Russian: отрасль промышленности
Slovak flag Slovak: priemysel, priemyslové od Slovenian flag Slovenian: industrija Serbian flag Serbian: industrija
Swedish flag Swedish: industri Thai flag Thai: อุตสาหกรรม Turkish flag Turkish: sanayi, endüstri
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 工業 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: промисловість, індустрія Urdu flag Urdu: صنعت اور حرفت کے کاروبار
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: ngành công nghiệp Chinese flag Chinese: 工业

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