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to industrialize

to industrialize

29 4.8
To set up many factories and use machines to make a lot of goods
  • verb
  • /ɪnˈdʌstriəlaɪz/
translation icon : industrializar
  • industrialized countries
  • industrialized nations
  • industrialized world

That in effect, Mark said industries, agriculture is going to be industrialized.

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Examples

  • A home market is obviously developing in some of these newly industrializing countries.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Yet, southern cities failed to industrialize, losing out instead to northeastern and, later, midwestern cities.

    Academic text (1992)
  • The Marshall Plan bound together the industrialized nations of Western Europe into an economically interdependent international system.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Fossil energy has fueled the industrialized world's unprecedented economic expansion during the 20th century.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Now is a period of the haves and the have-nots, of the industrialized North and the underdeveloped South.

    Academic text (1992)
  • Marx predicted that worker revolts would erupt in every industrialized country.

  • Noroviruses (NoVs) are the most common cause of acute gastroenteritis (AGE) in industrialized countries.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Many developing countries are striving to industrialize by building factories and promoting mass production.

  • To improve their economy, the government plans to industrialize rural areas by attracting new manufacturing companies.

  • Cities began to industrialize rapidly in the late 19th century, leading to significant economic changes.

Synonyms

to mechanize
vsto industrialize
3 5.6

Use machines to do work people used to do by hand

develops on a large scale by creating factories and organizing mass production

Antonyms

to deindustrialize
  • Specialized
8.4

To close factories and reduce industrial activity in a place

How Mechanized

to industrialize
29 4.8
to automate
52 4.0
to mechanize
3 5.6
to handcraft
17 3.7

Surface Forms

industrialize infinitive
industrialized past participle
industrializing present participle
industrializes third person singular

Morphology

industrialize = industrial (transparent) = industry + al + ize

Formed by standard derivation: 'industrial' (relating to industry) + productive verb-forming suffix '-ize' meaning 'make or become X'.

Etymology

The word industrialize comes from industry and the ending -ize ('to make'). Industry first meant 'hard work' and later came to mean the work of factories and machines. So to industrialize is to 'make' a place or economy into one with factories, machines, and mass production.