industry

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The making of goods in factories on a large scale.

   Heavy industry once provided most of the jobs in this town.

2. 2
   noun

   All the companies and people involved in one type of business.

   She has worked in the music industry for over ten years.

3. 3
   noun

   The quality of working hard and steadily.

   His industry and patience eventually made him successful.

Common collocations

• electronics industry Noun + noun
• shipbuilding industry Noun + noun

From Middle English industry, industrie, from Old French industrie, from Latin industria (“diligence, activity, industry”), from industrius (“diligent, active, zealous”), from Old Latin indostruus (“diligent, active”); origin unknown. Perhaps from indu (“in”) + ūst-, ūstr-, stem of ūrō (“burn, burn up, consume”, verb), related to Old High German ūstrī (“industry”), Old English andūstrian (“to hate, detest”, literally “to be consumed with zeal”).

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