Meanings
comparative more industrialised · superlative most industrialised · alternative industrialized
- UKhaving undergone industrialisation.
The completely-industrialised outskirts of Newcastle gradually give place to rural surroundings, and the Tyne becomes a moorland river with a boulder-strewn bed.
1955 September, H. A. Vallance, “The Border Counties Line”, in Railway Magazine, page 593
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivemade industrial; converted to industrialism
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Englishindustrial
- Englishindustrialise
- Englishindustrialised
From industrialise + -ed.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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