industry

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/ˈɪn.də.stɹi/

noun 5name 1

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

cottage

My grandmother started a small cottage industry making handmade candles from her home.

domestic, international, local, national | private, privatized | government-owned, nationalized, state-run | heavy | light

strategic

The government decided to invest more money in strategic industries like technology and renewable energy.

manufacturing, service

The service industry has created millions of new jobs in recent years.

VERB + INDUSTRY

assist, develop, encourage, help, stimulate

The new tax breaks will help the tourism industry grow across the region.

run down

The government decided to run down the steel industry after the factories became unprofitable.

damage

The scandal damaged the fashion industry's reputation for months afterward.

cripple, destroy, ruin | nationalize | privatize | regulate

protect

The government introduced new policies to protect the manufacturing industry from foreign competition.

subsidize

Many governments subsidize their domestic agriculture industry to protect local farmers.

interfere in/with

Foreign companies should not interfere with local industries without understanding the cultural impact.

be involved in/with

My father has been involved in the fashion industry for over thirty years.

enter, go into

After working as a nurse for ten years, she decided to go into the tech industry.

INDUSTRY + VERB

develop, grow up, spring up

The technology industry has grown up dramatically over the past two decades.

boom, expand, grow

The tech industry has grown dramatically over the last decade.

decline, shrink

close down, disappear

The textile industry closed down when factories moved to cheaper countries overseas.

compete | produce sth

INDUSTRY + NOUN

leader

standard

The company's new safety procedures quickly became an industry standard across all manufacturing plants.

PREP

in/within ~

Working within the fashion industry requires creativity and an understanding of current trends.

PHRASES

a captain of industry, commerce and industry

The government announced new policies to support commerce and industry during the economic crisis.

regulation of (an) industry

The government introduced strict new rules for regulation of the pharmaceutical industry.

the revival of (an) industry

The government's new investment led to the revival of the textile industry in the region.

a sector of industry, trade and industry

The government introduced new policies to support the manufacturing sector of industry.

Definitions

noun

The tendency to work persistently.

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

The ant has made himself illustrious / Through constant industry industrious. / So what? / Would you be calm and placid / If you were full of formic acid?

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.

Businesses that produce goods as opposed to services.

But through the oligopoly, charcoal fuel proliferated throughout London's trades and industries. By the 1200s, brewers and bakers, tilemakers, glassblowers, pottery producers, and a range of other craftsmen all became hour-to-hour consumers of charcoal.

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.

[Rural solar plant] schemes are of little help to industry or other heavy users of electricity. Nor is solar power yet as cheap as the grid. For all that, the rapid arrival of electric light to Indian villages is long overdue. When the national grid suffers its next huge outage, as it did in July 2012 when hundreds of millions were left in the dark, look for specks of light in the villages.

Automated production of material goods.

It is a classical and restricted view both of industry (it excludes service sectors, now 70% of the GDP of developed economies)[…]

name

A city in Los Angeles County, California, United States.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the organized action of making of goods and services for sal

manufacture

noun — persevering determination to perform a task

diligence
industriousness

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

twilight industry

An industry that is fading away, perhaps because replaced by newer technology, or facing a lack of critical resources or a lack of consumer interest.

Example Bank

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

Wiktionary

The ant has made himself illustrious / Through constant industry industrious. / So what? / Would you be calm and placid / If you were full of formic acid?

Wiktionary

The line ends at Narvik. Eight years ago the whole town was in ruins, but the industry of the Norwegian people has rebuilt it entirely.

Wiktionary

Six percent home loans represent the industry average now.

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Modern methods improved industry.

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Fair competition is necessary for the healthy growth of industry.

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