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   industry

   /ˈɪndəstri/

   noun

   • 1. economic activity concerned with the processing of raw materials and manufacture of goods in factories: "new investment incentives for British industry" Similar manufacturingproductionfabricationconstruction
   • ▪ a particular form or branch of economic or commercial activity: "the car industry" Similar businesstradefieldlineline of workline of businesscommercial enterpriseserviceprofessionoccupationcraftinformal:racket
   • ▪ an activity or domain in which a great deal of effort is expended: informal "the Shakespeare industry" Similar businesstradefieldlineline of workline of businesscommercial enterpriseserviceprofessionoccupationcraftinformal:racket
   • 2. hard work: "the kitchen became a hive of industry" Similar hard workindustriousnessdiligenceassiduityapplicationsedulousnesssedulityconscientiousnesssteadinesstirelessnesspersistencepertinacityperseverancededicationdeterminationrigourrigorousnessactivitybusynessenergyvigoureffortlabourdynamismzealproductivenessarchaic:laboriousnesscontinuancerare:perseverationOpposite indolence

   Word Origin late Middle English (in industry (sense 2)): from French industrie or Latin industria ‘diligence’.

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