Industry Meaning
/ˈɪn.də.stɹi/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe tendency to work persistently.
nounBusinesses of the same type, considered as a whole; trade.
Sentence Examples
Six percent home loans represent the industry average now.
Modern methods improved industry.
Leaders of industry and commerce met at the summit in Paris.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Due to the high demand for cars, the automobile ____ grew rapidly.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The tourism ____ is a major part of the local economy, providing jobs for thousands of people.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English industry, industrie, from Old 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”, verb), related to Old High German ūstrī (“industry”), Old English andūstrian (“to hate, detest”, literally “to be consumed with zeal”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The ant has made himself illustrious / Through constant industry industrious. / So what? / Would you be calm and placid / If you were full of formic acid?"
— 1941, Ogden Nash, “The Ant”, in The Face is Familiar, Garden City Publishing Company, page 224:
"The line ends at Narvik. Eight years ago the whole town was in ruins, but the industry of the Norwegian people has rebuilt it entirely."
— 1953 June, C. E. N. Watts, “Railway Through Lapland”, in Railway Magazine, page 384:
"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."
— 2011 November 12, “International friendly: England 1-0 Spain”, in BBC Sport:
"Long before popular music evolved its many genres and subgenres, the industry was driven by a simple one-size-fits-all philosophy uncomplicated by impassioned debates over the origins of trip hop or the difference between deatchore and screamo."
— 2012, Christoper Zara, Tortured Artists: From Picasso and Monroe to Warhol and Winehouse, the Twisted Secrets of the World's Most Creative Minds, part 1, chapter 2, 51:
"Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms. Those that want to borrow are matched with those that want to lend."
— 2013 June 1, “End of the peer show”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 71:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Due to the high demand for cars, the automobile ____ grew rapidly.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The tourism ____ is a major part of the local economy, providing jobs for thousands of people.