noun#1,112 by frequency
industry
/ˈɪn.də.stɹi/
Businesses of the same type, considered as a whole; trade; Businesses that produce goods as opposed to services; The sector of the economy consisting of large-scale enterprises
- plural
- industries
Meanings
- 1
Businesses of the same type, considered as a whole; trade
He works in the car industry.
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He has a good job in the computer industry.
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- 2
Businesses that produce goods as opposed to services
- 3
The sector of the economy consisting of large-scale enterprises
- 4
Automated production of material goods
- 5
The tendency to work persistentlyrare
- 6
A typological classification of stone tools, associated with a technocomplexrare