industry
The tendency to work persistently.
Noun 4 meanings
The tendency to work persistently.
“Over the years, their industry and business sense made them wealthy.”
Businesses of the same type, considered as a whole; trade.
“The software and tourism industries continue to grow, while the steel industry remains troubled.”
Businesses that produce goods as opposed to services.
The sector of the economy consisting of large-scale enterprises.
“There used to be a lot of industry around here, but now the economy depends on tourism.”
Etymology
From Middle English industry, industrie, from Old French industrie, from Latin industria (“diligence, activity, industry”), from industrius (“diligent, active, zealous”), from Old Latin indostruus (“diligent, active”); origin unknown.
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INDUSTRY at a glance
INDUSTRY has 8 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (I 1 + N 1 + D 2 + U 1 + S 1 + T 1 + R 1 + Y 4) and 13 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #624 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with industry
All rhymes- COUNTRY12
- ENTRY8
- MINISTRY13
- POETRY11
- CHEMISTRY19
- INFANTRY14
- GEOMETRY14
- REGISTRY12
- FORESTRY14
- PSYCHIATRY23
- POULTRY12
- PASTRY11
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