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in·dus·try

(ĭn′də-strē)

n. pl. in·dus·tries

a. The sector of an economy made up of manufacturing enterprises: government regulation of industry.

b. A sector of an economy: the advertising industry. See Synonyms at business.

2. Energetic devotion to a task or an endeavor; diligence: demonstrated great intelligence and industry as a prosecutor.

3. Ongoing work or study associated with a specified subject or figure: the Civil War industry; the Hemingway industry.

4. Archaeology

a. A collection of artifacts or tools made from a specified material: a Mesolithic bone industry.

b. A standardized tradition of toolmaking associated with a specified tool or culture: a stone hand-axe industry; the Acheulian industry.

5. Obsolete Cleverness or skill.

[Middle English industrie, skill, from Old French, from Latin industria, diligence, from feminine of industrius, diligent; see ster- in Indo-European roots.]

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industry

(ˈɪndəstrɪ)

n, pl -tries

1. (Economics) organized economic activity concerned with manufacture, extraction and processing of raw materials, or construction

2. (Commerce) a branch of commercial enterprise concerned with the output of a specified product or service: the steel industry.

3. (Sociology)

a. industrial ownership and management interests collectively, as contrasted with labour interests

b. manufacturing enterprise collectively, as opposed to agriculture

4. diligence; assiduity

[C15: from Latin industria diligence, from industrius active, of uncertain origin]

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in•dus•try

(ˈɪn də stri)

n., pl. -tries.

1. the aggregate of manufacturing enterprises in a particular field: the steel industry.

2. any general business activity: the tourist industry.

3. trade or manufacture in general.

4. systematic work or labor.

5. energetic, devoted activity at any work or task; diligence.

6. the aggregate of work, scholarship, and ancillary activity in a particular field, often named after its principal subject: the Mozart industry.

7. Archaeol. an assemblage of artifacts regarded as unmistakably the work of a single prehistoric group.

[1475–85; earlier industrie < Latin industria, n. use of feminine of industrius industrious]

Industry

chemurgy

the branch of chemistry that deals with the industrial use and application of organic substances. — chemurgic, chemurgical, adj.

chreotechnics

Rare. useful arts, as agriculture, commerce, and manufacturing.

radiotechnology

the science and technology of applying radiation and x rays to industrial use. See also radio.

robotics

the application of automated machinery to tasks traditionally done by hand, as in the manufacturing industry.

Zionite

a believer in the doctrines of John Alexander Dowie who founded Zion City, Illinois, in 1901, as an industrial community for his followers.

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Noun	1.	industry - the people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise; "each industry has its own trade publications" manufacture, industry - the organized action of making of goods and services for sale; "American industry is making increased use of computers to control production" commercial enterprise - an enterprise connected with commerce aluminum business, aluminum industry - manufacturers of aluminum considered as a group apparel industry, fashion business, fashion industry, garment industry, rag trade - makers and sellers of fashionable clothing banking industry, banking system - banks collectively automobile industry - the manufacturers of automobiles considered collectively aviation - the operation of aircraft to provide transportation chemical industry - the manufacturers of chemicals considered collectively coal industry - the producers of coal considered collectively computer industry - the manufacturers of computers considered collectively construction industry, housing industry - an industry that builds housing electronics industry - the manufacturers of electronic products considered collectively entertainment industry, show biz, show business - those involved in providing entertainment: radio and television and films and theater film industry, movie industry - the entertainment industries involved in producing and distributing movies growth industry - an industry that is growing rapidly lighting industry - an industry devoted to manufacturing and selling and installing lighting arms industry, munitions industry - an industry that manufacturers weapons of war oil business, oil industry, refining industry - an industry that produces and delivers oil and oil products plastics industry - an industry that manufactures plastic articles securities industry, market - the securities markets in the aggregate; "the market always frustrates the small investor" service industry - an industry that provides services rather than tangible objects shipbuilding industry - an industry that builds ships shoe industry - an industry that manufactures and sells shoes sign industry - an industry that produces signs steel industry - the industry that makes steel and steel products sunrise industry - a new industry that is expanding rapidly (especially telecommunications or electronics) tobacco industry - an industry that manufactures and sells products containing tobacco toy business, toy industry - an industry that manufactures and sells toys for children trucking industry - an industry that provides transportation for commercial products
	2.	industry - the organized action of making of goods and services for sale; "American industry is making increased use of computers to control production" manufacture cottage industry - small-scale industry that can be carried on at home by family members using their own equipment production - (economics) manufacturing or mining or growing something (usually in large quantities) for sale; "he introduced more efficient methods of production" industrial enterprise, industrialisation, industrialization - the development of industry on an extensive scale business enterprise, commercial enterprise, business - the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; "computers are now widely used in business" point system - a system of evaluation based on awarding points according to rules industry - the people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise; "each industry has its own trade publications" privatise, privatize - change from governmental to private control or ownership; "The oil industry was privatized" rat - employ scabs or strike breakers in
	3.	industry - persevering determination to perform a task; "his diligence won him quick promotions"; "frugality and industry are still regarded as virtues" industriousness, diligence determination, purpose - the quality of being determined to do or achieve something; firmness of purpose; "his determination showed in his every movement"; "he is a man of purpose" assiduity, assiduousness, concentration - great and constant diligence and attention sedulity, sedulousness - the quality of being constantly diligent and attentive studiousness - diligent study

industry

noun

1. business, production, manufacturing, trade, trading, commerce, commercial enterprise countries where industry is developing rapidly

2. trade, world, business, service, line, field, craft, profession, occupation the textile industry

3. diligence, effort, labour, hard work, trouble, activity, application, striving, endeavour, toil, vigour, zeal, persistence, assiduity, tirelessness No one doubted his industry or his integrity.

Quotations
"Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise" Bible: Proverbs
"Where there is no desire, there will be no industry" [John Locke Some Thoughts Concerning Education]
"Avarice, the spur of industry" [David Hume Essays, Moral and Political: Of Civil Liberty]

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industry

noun

1. Commercial, industrial, or professional activity in general:

business, commerce, trade, trading, traffic.

2. Steady attention and effort, as to one's occupation:

application, assiduity, assiduousness, diligence, industriousness, sedulousness.

Translations

صِنَاعَةٌصِناعَهكَد، إجْتِهاد

průmyslpracovitost

industri=-industriarbejdsomhedflid

Industrie Branche Fleiß

βιομηχανία

industria diligencia

teollisuus

industrie travail

industrija

ipariparág

iînaîuriîni, vinnusemi

industria industria leggera industria pesante industriale industrializzare

産業業界

산업

darbiniai santykiaidarbštumasdarbštusindustrializacijaindustrinis

industrija, rūpniecībastrādīgumsuzcītība

industrie nijverheid sector werklust

industri næring arbeidsomhet

przemysł

indústria

промышленность индустрия

pracovitosťpriemysel

industrijapanoga

branschindustri

อุตสาหกรรม

endüstri sanayi çalışkanlıkçok çalışma

công nghiệp

工业勤奋

industry

[ˈɪndəstrɪ] N

1. → industria f
the steel/coal/textile industry → la industria siderúrgica/minera/textil
the banking/insurance/hotel industry → el sector bancario/de seguros/hotelero
the tourist industry → el turismo
a career in industry → una carrera en el sector empresarial
see also heavy D

2. (= industriousness) → laboriosidad f, aplicación f

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industry

[ˈɪndəstri] n

(= business) → industrie f
I'd like to work in industry → J'aimerais travailler dans l'industrie.
the tourist industry → l'industrie du tourisme
the oil industry → l'industrie pétrolière

(= diligence) → application f

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industry

(= trade, branch of industry) → Industrie f; heavy/light industry → Schwer-/Leichtindustrie f; hotel industry → Hotelgewerbe nt; tourist industry → Tourismusbranche or -industrie f; in certain industries → in einigen Branchen

(= industriousness) → Fleiß m

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industry

[ˈɪndəstrɪ] n

a. → l'industria
light/heavy industry → industria leggera/pesante
the tourist industry → il turismo

b. (frm) (industriousness) → operosità

industry

(ˈindəstri) – plural ˈindustries – noun

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

2. hard work or effort. He owed his success to both ability and industry.

inˈdustrial (-ˈdas) adjective

having, concerning etc industries or the making of goods. That area of the country is industrial rather than agricultural.

inˈdustrialist (-ˈdas-) noun

a person who takes part in the running of a large industrial organization. a wealthy industrialist.

inˈdustrialized, inˈdustrialised (-ˈdas) adjective

(of a country) having a large number of industries.

inˌdustrialiˈzation, inˌdustrialiˈsation noun

inˈdustrious (-ˈdas-) adjective

busy and hard-working. industrious pupils.

industrial estate

an area of a town etc set aside for (the building of) factories.

industrial relations

the relationship between the management and the workers in a factory etc.

industry

→ صِنَاعَةٌ průmysl industri Industrie βιομηχανία industria teollisuus industrie industrija industria 産業 산업 industrie industri przemysł indústria индустрия bransch อุตสาหกรรม endüstri công nghiệp 工业

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The East-Indian and Chinese markets, the colonisation of America, trade with the colonies, the increase in the means of exchange and in commodities generally, gave to commerce, to navigation, to industry, an impulse

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"If you waste your time in profitless amusement, you cannot, of course, expect to share the rewards of industry."

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And then there was the condemned meat industry, with its endless horrors.

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Helicon, comes a general exhortation to industry. It begins with the allegory of the two Strifes, who stand for wholesome Emulation and Quarrelsomeness respectively.

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Pity, the obliging hand, the warm heart, patience, industry, and humility--these are unquestionably the qualities we shall here find flooded with the light of approval and admiration; because they are the most USEFUL qualities--; they make life endurable, they are of assistance in the "struggle for existence" which is the motive force behind the people practising this morality.

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By multipying the means of gratification, by promoting the introduction and circulation of the precious metals, those darling objects of human avarice and enterprise, it serves to vivify and invigorate the channels of industry, and to make them flow with greater activity and copiousness.

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He had worked very hard, it would be too cruel if all that industry were futile.

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Nobility of birth commonly abateth industry; and he that is not industrious, envieth him that is.

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"Those three men," said he, "have carried into space all the resources of art, science, and industry. With that, one can do anything; and you will see that, some day, they will come out all right."

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All this industry was, however, manifestly without an object.

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But the writer of the article in question goes on to point out, with insight and justice, that for a great number of people (20,000, I think he says) it is a means of livelihood - that it is, in his own words, an industry. Now, the moral side of an industry, productive or unproductive, the redeeming and ideal aspect of this bread-winning, is the attainment and preservation of the highest possible skill on the part of the craftsmen.

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The great captains of industry, the oligarchs, had for the first time thrown their full weight into the breach the struggling employers' associations had made.