verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To develop industry; to become industrial. British, English, Oxford, US
2. 2
   develop industry; become industrial wordnet
3. 3
   To organize along industrial lines. British, English, Oxford, US
4. 4
   organize (the production of something) into an industry wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

accomplishachieveactbe productivebring aboutbring into being

Antonyms

All antonyms

deindustrialize

Example

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"Britain began to industrialize in the late eighteenth century."

Etymology

Borrowed from French industrialiser.

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