industry

noun

(countable, business, economics) Businesses of the same type, considered as a whole. Trade.

(uncountable, economics) Businesses that produce goods as opposed to services.

(in the singular, economics) The sector of the economy consisting of large-scale enterprises.

(uncountable) The tendency to work persistently.

(Europe software patent law) Automated production of material goods.

(archaeology) A typological classification of stone tools, associated with a technocomplex.

A city in Los Angeles County, California, United States.

Roots

induindu- · Latin · within struerestry- · Latin · to build

Synonyms for industry

manufacturev businessn industriousnessn corporationn marketn commercen productionn

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The word industry breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: indu-, from Latin indu (“within”); and stry, from Latin struere (“to build”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.