industry
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Etymology [edit]
From 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”, v), related to Old High German ūstrī (“industry”), Old English andūstrian (“to hate, detest”, literally “to be consumed with zeal”).
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industry (countable and uncountable; plural industries)
- (uncountable) The tendency to work persistently.
- Over the years, their industry and business sense made them wealthy.
- 2011 November 12, “International friendly: England 1-0 Spain”, BBC Sport:
- England's win was built on industry and discipline, epitomised by the performances of Manchester City's Joleon Lescott in defence and Scott Parker in midfield.
- (countable, business, economics) Businesses of the same type, considered as a whole.
- The software and tourism industries continue to grow, while the steel industry remains troubled.
- The steel industry has long used blast furnaces to smelt iron.
- (uncountable, economics) Businesses that produce goods as opposed to services.
- There used to be a lot of industry around here, but now the economy depends on tourism.
- 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, Internal Combustion[1]:
- But through the oligopoly, charcoal fuel proliferated throughout London's trades and industries. By the 1200s, brewers and bakers, tilemakers, glassblowers, pottery producers, and a range of other craftsmen all became hour-to-hour consumers of charcoal.
- (in singular, economics) The sector of the economy consisting of large-scale enterprises.
- (European software patents) Automated production of material goods[1].
- 2007, Dominique Guellec; Bruno van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, The economics of the European patent system, page 122:
- It is a classical and restricted view both of industry (it excludes service sectors, now 70% of the GDP of developed economies)
- 2007, Dominique Guellec; Bruno van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, The economics of the European patent system, page 122:
Synonyms [edit]
- (tendency to work persistently): diligence; application
- (businesses of the same type): sector; field
- (businesses that produce goods): manufacturing
Derived terms [edit]
Terms derived from "industry"
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Translations [edit]
tendency to work persistently
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businesses of the same type
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businesses that produce goods
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References [edit]
- ^ European Parliament (2003-09-24), "Europarl 2003-09-24: Amended Software Patent Directive",
External links [edit]
- industry in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- industry in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- industry at OneLook Dictionary Search
