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NOUN | 1 | industry | The people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise |
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2 | industry, manufacture | The organized action of making of goods and services for sale | |
3 | industry, diligence, industriousness | Persevering determination to perform a task |
Sounds | ih'ndahstriy |
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Rhymes | accusatory, actuary, adversary, and 422 more rhymes in riy at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | The people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise. |
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Examples | "each industry has its own trade publications" |
Category | industry, manufacture |
Narrower | aluminum business, aluminum industry; apparel industry, garment industry, fashion industry, fashion business, rag trade; banking industry, banking system; automobile industry; aviation; chemical industry; coal industry; computer industry; construction industry, housing industry; electronics industry; entertainment industry, show business, show biz; film industry, movie industry, screenland; growth industry; lighting industry; munitions industry, arms industry; oil industry, refining industry, oil business; plastics industry; market, securities industry; service industry; shipbuilding industry; shoe industry; sign industry; steel industry; sunrise industry; tobacco industry; toy industry, toy business; trucking industry |
Broader | commercial enterprise |
Adjectives | industrial |
Meaning | The organized action of making of goods and services for sale. |
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Examples | "American industry is making increased use of computers to control production" |
Synonyms | manufacture |
Category of | point system; industry; privatize, privatise; rat |
Narrower | cottage industry; production; industrialization, industrialisation, industrial enterprise |
Broader | commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business |
Adjectives | industrial |
Meaning | Persevering determination to perform a task. |
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Examples | "frugality and industry are still regarded as virtues" |
Synonyms | diligence, industriousness |
Narrower | assiduity, assiduousness, concentration; sedulity, sedulousness; studiousness |
Broader | determination, purpose |