industry
♦♦♦ in|dus|try /'ɪndəstri/ (industries)
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Industry is the work and processes involved in collecting raw materials, and making them into products in factories.
British industry suffers through insufficient investment in research.
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A particular industry consists of all the people and activities involved in making a particular product or providing a particular service.
...the motor vehicle and textile industries.
3 [N-COUNT] usu sing, the supp N
If you refer to a social or political activity as an industry, you are criticizing it because you think it involves a lot of people in unnecessary or useless work.
Some Afro-Caribbeans are rejecting the whole race relations industry...
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Industry is the fact of working very hard. (FORMAL)
No one doubted his ability, his industry or his integrity.
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see also captain of industry, cottage industry, cap|tain of in|dus|try (captains of industry)
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You can refer to the owners or senior managers of industrial companies as captains of industry.cot|tage in|dus|try (cottage industries)
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A cottage industry is a small business that is run from someone's home, especially one that involves a craft such as knitting or pottery. (BUSINESS)
Bookbinding is largely a cottage industry.heavy in|dus|try (heavy industries)
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Heavy industry is industry in which large machines are used to produce raw materials or to make large objects.
≠ light industrylight in|dus|try (light industries)
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Light industry is industry in which only small items are made, for example household goods and clothes.ser|vice in|dus|try (service industries)
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A service industry is an industry such as banking or insurance that provides a service but does not produce anything.smoke|stack in|dus|try (smokestack industries)
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A smokestack industry is a traditional industry such as heavy engineering or manufacturing, rather than a modern industry such as electronics.
There has been a shift from smokestack industries into high-tech ones.
1 [N-UNCOUNT]
Industry is the work and processes involved in collecting raw materials, and making them into products in factories.
British industry suffers through insufficient investment in research.
2 [N-COUNT] oft n N
A particular industry consists of all the people and activities involved in making a particular product or providing a particular service.
...the motor vehicle and textile industries.
3 [N-COUNT] usu sing, the supp N
If you refer to a social or political activity as an industry, you are criticizing it because you think it involves a lot of people in unnecessary or useless work.
Some Afro-Caribbeans are rejecting the whole race relations industry...
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Industry is the fact of working very hard. (FORMAL)
No one doubted his ability, his industry or his integrity.
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see also captain of industry, cottage industry, cap|tain of in|dus|try (captains of industry)
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You can refer to the owners or senior managers of industrial companies as captains of industry.cot|tage in|dus|try (cottage industries)
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A cottage industry is a small business that is run from someone's home, especially one that involves a craft such as knitting or pottery. (BUSINESS)
Bookbinding is largely a cottage industry.heavy in|dus|try (heavy industries)
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Heavy industry is industry in which large machines are used to produce raw materials or to make large objects.
≠ light industrylight in|dus|try (light industries)
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Light industry is industry in which only small items are made, for example household goods and clothes.ser|vice in|dus|try (service industries)
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A service industry is an industry such as banking or insurance that provides a service but does not produce anything.smoke|stack in|dus|try (smokestack industries)
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A smokestack industry is a traditional industry such as heavy engineering or manufacturing, rather than a modern industry such as electronics.
There has been a shift from smokestack industries into high-tech ones.