INDUSTRIALISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does industrialise mean? 

• INDUSTRIALISE (verb)
  The verb INDUSTRIALISE has 2 senses:

1. organize (the production of something) into an industry

2. develop industry; become industrial

  Familiarity information: INDUSTRIALISE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INDUSTRIALISE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they industrialise    ... he / she / it industrialises   
Past simple: industrialised   
Past participle: industrialised   
-ing form: industrialising   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Organize (the production of something) into an industry

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

industrialise; industrialize

Context example:

The Chinese industrialized textile production

Hypernyms (to "industrialise" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Develop industry; become industrial

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

industrialise; industrialize

Context example:

The nations of South East Asia will quickly industrialize and catch up with the West

Hypernyms (to "industrialise" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

industrialisation (the development of industry on an extensive scale)

industrialism (an economic system built on large industries rather than on agriculture or craftsmanship)