industrialize

B2
US /ɪnˈdʌstɹiəlaɪz/
verb Freq #148571

Meanings

  1. 1
    verb

    develop industry

  2. 2
    verb

    organize (the production of something) into an industry

  3. 3
    verb

    To develop industry; to become industrial.

  4. 4
    verb

    To organize along industrial lines.

Etymology

Borrowed from French industrialiser.

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Thesaurus

Opposites
deindustrialize
Word family
Derived forms agroindustrializeindustrializableindustrializationindustrializeroverindustrializereindustrialize

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