to industrialize
- verb
- /ɪnˈdʌstriəlaɪz/
- industrialized countries
- industrialized nations
- industrialized world
That in effect, Mark said industries, agriculture is going to be industrialized.
- That in effect, Mark said industries, agriculture is going to be industrialized.
- Sorry, Stevenson in Newcastle learning how to teaching us how to industrialize the railroad.
Examples
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A home market is obviously developing in some of these newly industrializing countries.
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Yet, southern cities failed to industrialize, losing out instead to northeastern and, later, midwestern cities.
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The Marshall Plan bound together the industrialized nations of Western Europe into an economically interdependent international system.
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Fossil energy has fueled the industrialized world's unprecedented economic expansion during the 20th century.
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Now is a period of the haves and the have-nots, of the industrialized North and the underdeveloped South.
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Marx predicted that worker revolts would erupt in every industrialized country.
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Noroviruses (NoVs) are the most common cause of acute gastroenteritis (AGE) in industrialized countries.
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Many developing countries are striving to industrialize by building factories and promoting mass production.
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To improve their economy, the government plans to industrialize rural areas by attracting new manufacturing companies.
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Cities began to industrialize rapidly in the late 19th century, leading to significant economic changes.
Synonyms
Use machines to do work people used to do by hand
Antonyms
How Mechanized
Surface Forms
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.