Industrialize Meaning

/ɪnˈdʌstɹiəlaɪz/
C1

Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

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verbTo develop industry; to become industrial.

verbTo organize along industrial lines.

Britain began to industrialize in the late eighteenth century.
Japan was the first East Asian country to industrialize.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The nation sought to ____ its economy by establishing new manufacturing plants.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Many developing nations are working hard to ____ their economies and create more new jobs.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *dó univ. Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥dó Old Latin endo Latin indu Proto-Indo-European *ster- Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- Proto-Indo-European *strew- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *stréweti Proto-Italic *strowō Latin struō ? Latin industrius Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin industrialbor. French industrie French -iel French industriel Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izārebor. Old French -iser French -iser French industrialiserbor. English industrialize Borrowed from French industrialiser.

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CEFR Practice Quiz
The nation sought to ____ its economy by establishing new manufacturing plants.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Many developing nations are working hard to ____ their economies and create more new jobs.

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