[
UK
/ˈɪndʌstɹˌi/
]
[ US /ˈɪndəstɹi/ ]
[ US /ˈɪndəstɹi/ ]
NOUN
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the people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise
each industry has its own trade publications -
the organized action of making of goods and services for sale
American industry is making increased use of computers to control production -
persevering determination to perform a task
frugality and industry are still regarded as virtues
his diligence won him quick promotions
How To Use industry In A Sentence
- Neither of them sugar-coat the ups and down of working in the industry, but they will open your eyes a great deal about the false assumptions that you're making.
- Their dried dung is found everywhere, and is in many places the only fuel afforded by the plains; their skulls, which last longer than any other part of the animal, are among the most familiar of objects to the plainsman; their bones are in many districts so plentiful that it has become a regular industry, followed by hundreds of men (christened "bone hunters" by the frontiersmen), to go out with wagons and collect them in great numbers for the sake of the phosphates they yield; and Bad Lands, plateaus, and prairies alike, are cut up in all directions by the deep ruts which were formerly buffalo trails. VIII. The Lordly Buffalo
- But whether the industry can absorb all the qualified architects is a moot point.
- The study predicted that, by 2022, the country would still require $7.2 billion in foreign aid a year—and that assumes an upsurge of so-far inexistent mining-industry revenue and no dramatic deterioration of security. Afghanistan Seeks Enduring Support
- There is a lot of manufacturing industry in the Midlands.
- Furthermore, a series of strategic gaffs have further badly damaged the already squalid reputation which the industry has earned for itself.
- And in the long term, as the mobile industry gets more accustomed to the idea of upgradeable phone software, more and more devices will be upgraded. EWeek - RSS Feed
- Using Companies House and other data, and cross-checking with industry sources, we estimated how each firm's profits were divided among its partners.
- At the root of the problem is nothing so mundane as access to the hills and glens but the booming industry in Scottish barony titles that sell on average for £55,000 each.
- The post-contract duty involves duty of notification, duty of giving assistance, duty of keeping secret, duty of care and duty of no competition in the same industry and so on.
