industry
- noun
- /ˈɪndəstri/
- With a strong industry, the artist produced several captivating paintings in just a few months.
- industry and frugality
- honesty and industry
- virtues of industry
Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry all things easy.
- Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry all things easy.
- And Washington believed that industry and morality were two sides of the same coin.
Examples
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Intelligence requires organization and industry.
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Industry needs development; though Panama has potential, its industry is marked by low production.
Academic text (1993) -
I mean, so no doubt in this industry, you have to have a crazy work ethic.
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Yes and I saw firsthand how the hospitality industry can really bring infrastructure to communities that need it.
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Despite the low level of direct earnings from fishery exports, the fishing industry contributes to revenues in other ways.
Academic text (1990) -
Her industry in studying for the exam paid off when she achieved high marks.
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The team showed remarkable industry in completing the project ahead of schedule.
Synonyms
A lot of steady effort to achieve something difficult
Careful, steady work that helps you reach a goal
A habit of working hard and steadily to finish tasks
Antonyms
Compounds
Businesses that make and show movies, television shows, and live shows
Part of the economy that provides services instead of making things, like hotels or hospitals
Companies that take people's money, lend it, and offer services to help with money
Businesses and factories that make materials used in medicines, plastics and cleaners
Companies that make and sell electronic devices like phones and computers
- Specialized
A group of companies that make electricity using energy from atoms
- Specialized
The sector that issues, trades, and regulates stocks and bonds
- Specialized
A careful study of an industry's trends and competitors to see if it is good for a business
- Specialized
The industry that turns crude oil into fuels like gasoline, diesel and jet fuel
A very large company, organization, or person that dominates an industry
- Specialized
A business that makes weapons and other equipment for the military
- Specialized
Businesses that make and sell power from hot water and rock underground
- Offensive
An artist secretly helped by a company to seem independent and more real
- Offensive
People who use racial issues to gain money, power or attention and increase social division
A group of businesses that offer ways to darken the skin, like spray tans and sunbeds
How Industrious
Surface Forms
Etymology
Industry comes from the Latin industria, meaning 'hard work' or 'careful effort', and you can see the same idea in the word industrious. So someone's industry is their steady, hardworking effort.