preindustrial B2 Topic:Time Also spelled pre-industrial Freq #204295 Meanings 1 adj Relating to the time before the Industrial Revolution and modern factories. In preindustrial societies, most people worked on the land. Thesaurus Word family Derived forms preindustrially Etymology AI details From pre- + industrial. Topics Time External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # preindustrial **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** adj **Frequency rank:** 204295 ## Meanings 1. Relating to the time before the Industrial Revolution and modern factories. ## Examples - In preindustrial societies, most people worked on the land. ## Derived Forms - preindustrially ## Etymology From pre- + industrial. ## AI Etymology Preindustrial comes from pre- + industrial. In present-day English it covers relating to the time before the Industrial Revolution and modern factories. The wider family includes derived forms such as preindustrially. ## Topics - Time markdown