industrialised

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adjective

having undergone industrialisation.

Less commonScrabble 16

Meanings

adjectiveindustrialised (comparative more industrialised, superlative most industrialised)

comparative more industrialised · superlative most industrialised · alternative industrialized

  1. 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
verb

alternative industrialized

  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of industrialise

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivemade industrial; converted to industrialism

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Englishindustrial
  2. Englishindustrialise
  3. Englishindustrialised

From industrialise + -ed.

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