Industry Definition

ĭndə-strē

industries

noun

industries

A sector of an economy.

The advertising industry.

American Heritage

The application of this.

Webster's New World

Earnest, steady effort; constant diligence in or application to work.

Webster's New World

Any particular branch of productive, esp. manufacturing, enterprise.

The paper industry.

Webster's New World

Skill or cleverness.

Webster's New World

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Other Word Forms of Industry

Singular:

industry

Plural:

industries

From Old French industrie, from Latin industria (“diligence, activity, industry”), from industrius (“diligent, active, zealous”), from Old Latin indostruus (“diligent, active”); origin unknown. Perhaps from indu (“in”) + ūst-, ūstr-, stem of ūrō (“burn, burn up, consume”, verb), related to Old High German ūstrī (“industry”), Old English andūstrian (“to hate, detest”, literally “to be consumed with zeal”).

From Wiktionary
Middle English industrie skill from Old French from Latin industria diligence from feminine of industrius diligent ster-² in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition