INDUSTRY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does industry mean? 

• INDUSTRY (noun)
  The noun INDUSTRY has 3 senses:

1. the people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise

2. the organized action of making of goods and services for sale

3. persevering determination to perform a task

  Familiarity information: INDUSTRY used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INDUSTRY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Context example:

each industry has its own trade publications

Hypernyms ("industry" is a kind of...):

commercial enterprise (an enterprise connected with commerce)

Domain category:

industry; manufacture (the organized action of making of goods and services for sale)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "industry"):

arms industry; munitions industry (an industry that manufacturers weapons of war)

trucking industry (an industry that provides transportation for commercial products)

oil business; oil industry; refining industry (an industry that produces and delivers oil and oil products)

plastics industry (an industry that manufactures plastic articles)

market; securities industry (the securities markets in the aggregate)

service industry (an industry that provides services rather than tangible objects)

shipbuilding industry (an industry that builds ships)

shoe industry (an industry that manufactures and sells shoes)

sign industry (an industry that produces signs)

steel industry (the industry that makes steel and steel products)

sunrise industry (a new industry that is expanding rapidly (especially telecommunications or electronics))

tobacco industry (an industry that manufactures and sells products containing tobacco)

toy business; toy industry (an industry that manufactures and sells toys for children)

lighting industry (an industry devoted to manufacturing and selling and installing lighting)

growth industry (an industry that is growing rapidly)

film industry; movie industry (the entertainment industries involved in producing and distributing movies)

entertainment industry; show biz; show business (those involved in providing entertainment: radio and television and films and theater)

electronics industry (the manufacturers of electronic products considered collectively)

construction industry; housing industry (an industry that builds housing)

computer industry (the manufacturers of computers considered collectively)

coal industry (the producers of coal considered collectively)

chemical industry (the manufacturers of chemicals considered collectively)

aviation (the operation of aircraft to provide transportation)

automobile industry (the manufacturers of automobiles considered collectively)

banking industry; banking system (banks collectively)

apparel industry; fashion business; fashion industry; garment industry; rag trade (makers and sellers of fashionable clothing)

aluminum business; aluminum industry (manufacturers of aluminum considered as a group)

Derivation:

industrialist (someone who manages or has significant financial interest in an industrial enterprise)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The organized action of making of goods and services for sale

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

industry; manufacture

Context example:

American industry is making increased use of computers to control production

Hypernyms ("industry" is a kind of...):

business; business enterprise; commercial enterprise (the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects)

Domain member category:

point system (a system of evaluation based on awarding points according to rules)

industry (the people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise)

privatise; privatize (change from governmental to private control or ownership)

rat (employ scabs or strike breakers in)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "industry"):

production ((economics) manufacturing or mining or growing something (usually in large quantities) for sale)

industrial enterprise; industrialisation; industrialization (the development of industry on an extensive scale)

cottage industry (small-scale industry that can be carried on at home by family members using their own equipment)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Persevering determination to perform a task

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

diligence; industriousness; industry

Context example:

frugality and industry are still regarded as virtues

Hypernyms ("industry" is a kind of...):

determination; purpose (the quality of being determined to do or achieve something; firmness of purpose)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "industry"):

assiduity; assiduousness; concentration (great and constant diligence and attention)

sedulity; sedulousness (the quality of being constantly diligent and attentive)

studiousness (diligent study)

Derivation:

diligent (quietly and steadily persevering especially in detail or exactness)

industrious (working hard to promote an enterprise)

 Context examples 

Have you been in touch with the industry?

(Health threats caused by mobile phone radiation, EUROPARL TV)

She will never submit to any thing requiring industry and patience, and a subjection of the fancy to the understanding.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

The Oregon clays could lead to the discovery of new antibacterial mechanisms, she says, which would benefit the health care industry and people in developing nations.

(New answer to MRSA, other 'superbug' infections: clay minerals?, NSF)

This has caught the attention of industries that require large amounts of raw materials, including biofuels.

(Brazilian researchers identify microalgae that can provide biofuels, Agência Brasil)

Today, optical spectrometers are essential tools in industry and almost all fields of scientific research.

(Nanowires replace Newton’s famous glass prism, University of Cambridge)

Scientists say the microscopic particles emitted by cars and industry are breathed deep into the lungs and enter the bloodstream.

(Air Pollution Can Trigger Glaucoma, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

If you are not the writer, editor, or producer of the assignment, you might be the subject of thrilling publicity—the kind that puts your name in lights in your industry.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

“That is a reward for your industry,” said Mother Holle, and as she spoke she handed her the spindle which she had dropped into the well.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

"The challenges addressed by the work of NSF's Water and Environmental Technology Center impact important industries," said Prakash Balan in NSF's Division of Industrial Innovation and Partnerships.

(Using a smartphone to detect norovirus, National Science Foundation)

Still others - California's Lake Tahoe, for example - support thriving tourism industries.

(Ancient lakes: eyes into the past, and the future, National Science Foundation)