industrialize

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French industrialiser.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪnˈdʌstɹiəlaɪz/
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Verb

industrialize (third-person singular simple present industrializes, present participle industrializing, simple past and past participle industrialized) (American spelling, Oxford British English)

  1. (of a country) To develop industry; to become industrial.
  2. (of a process) To organize along industrial lines.

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Translations

Galician

Verb

industrialize

  1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of industrializar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Verb

industrialize

  1. inflection of industrializar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative