industry
noun [U] (PRODUCTION) /ˈɪn.də.stri/Definition
B2 the companies and activities involved in the process of producing goods for sale, especially in a factory or special area: trade and industry industry and commerce The city needs to attract more industry. The strike seriously reduced coal deliveries to industry.Industry and industrial processes
(Definition of industry noun (PRODUCTION) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- deindustrialization noun
- heavy industry noun
- industrial adjective
- industrialization noun
- industrialize verb
- industrialized adjective
- industry-wide adjective, adverb
- light industry noun
- manufacture noun
- manufacture verb (PRODUCE)
- manufacturing noun
- mass-produce verb
- plastic noun (SUBSTANCE)
- quality control noun
- raw adjective (NOT PROCESSED)
- smokestack industry noun
- synthetic adjective
- trade noun (BUSINESS)
- vulcanized adjective
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