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industry
What does industry mean?
industry (noun): the sector of the economy consisting of large-scale enterprises.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use industry in a sentence?
- There used to be a lot of industry around here, but now the economy depends on tourism. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce industry?
/ˈɪndəstɹi/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does industry come from?
From Middle English industry, industrie, from Old French industrie.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to industry
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “industry” mean?
the quality of being widely admired or accepted or sought after
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one's eventual fate (not necessarily inevitable or predestined)
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a series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal
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the sector of the economy consisting of large-scale enterprises
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