industrialize B2 Topic:Mathematics & Measurement US /ɪnˈdʌstɹiəlaɪz/ See IPA manual Freq #148571 Meanings 1 verb To develop industries and factories in a country or area. The government worked hard to industrialize the rural north. 2 verb To organize the production of something on a large, factory-based scale. They found a way to industrialize the once handmade product. Thesaurus ↔ Opposites deindustrialize Word family Forms industrializedindustrializesindustrializing Derived forms agroindustrializeindustrializableindustrializationindustrializeroverindustrializereindustrialize Etymology AI details Borrowed from French industrialiser. industrialiser French View etymology graph -> Topics Mathematics & Measurement Places & Geography External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # industrialize **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** verb **IPA (US):** /ɪnˈdʌstɹiəlaɪz/ **Frequency rank:** 148571 ## Meanings 1. To develop industries and factories in a country or area. 2. To organize the production of something on a large, factory-based scale. ## Examples - The government worked hard to industrialize the rural north. - They found a way to industrialize the once handmade product. ## Antonyms - deindustrialize ## Derived Forms - agroindustrialize - industrializable - industrialization - industrializer - overindustrialize - reindustrialize ## Roots and Affixes - Root: industrialiser ## Etymology Borrowed from French industrialiser. ## AI Etymology Industrialize is borrowed from French industrialiser. ## Topics - Mathematics & Measurement - Places & Geography markdown