industrialize

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/ɪnˈdʌstɹiəlaɪz/

verb

To develop industry; to become industrial.

Similar
industrialise
Opposite
deindustrialize
OriginFrench industrialiser ← Latin industria ← Proto-Italic *strowō →
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Meanings

verbindustrialize (third-person singular simple present industrializes, present participle industrializing, simple past and past participle industrialized)

present singular third person industrializes · participle present industrializing · participle past industrialized · past industrialized · alternative industrialise

  1. BritishEnglishOxfordUSTo develop industry; to become industrial.
  2. BritishEnglishOxfordUSTo organize along industrial lines.

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
deindustrialize

verborganize (the production of something) into an industry

Similar
industrialise
Broader
changealtermodify

verbdevelop industry; become industrial

Similar
industrialise
Broader
change

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥dó
  2. Old Latinendo
  3. Latinindu
  4. Proto-Indo-European*ster-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*sterh₃-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*strew-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*stréweti
  8. Proto-Italic*strowō
  9. Latinstruō
  10. Latinindustrius
  11. Latinindustria
  12. Frenchindustrie
  13. Frenchindustriel
  14. Frenchindustrialiser
  15. Englishindustrialize

Borrowed from French industrialiser.

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Translations

Catalan industrialitzar
  • industrialitzarto develop industry
Czech industrializovat
  • industrializovatto develop industry
Danish industrialisere
  • industrialisereto develop industry
Dutch industrialiseren
  • industrialiserento develop industry
Finnish teollistaa, teollistua
  • teollistaato develop industry
  • teollistuato develop industry
  • teollistaato organize along industrial lines
French industrialiser
  • industrialiserto develop industry
German industrialisieren
  • industrialisierento develop industry
Hungarian iparosít, indusztrializál
  • iparosítto develop industry
  • indusztrializálto develop industry
Italian industrializzare
  • industrializzareto develop industry
Latvian industrializēt
  • industrializētto develop industry
Polish industrializować, zindustrializować
  • industrializowaćto develop industry
  • zindustrializowaćto develop industry
  • uprzemysławiaćto develop industry
  • uprzemysłowiaćto develop industry
  • uprzemysłowićto develop industry
  • industrializowaćto organize along industrial lines
  • zindustrializowaćto organize along industrial lines
  • uprzemysławiaćto organize along industrial lines
  • uprzemysłowiaćto organize along industrial lines
  • uprzemysłowićto organize along industrial lines
Portuguese industrializar
  • industrializarto develop industry
Russian индустриализи́ровать
  • индустриализи́ровать (industrializírovatʹ)to develop industry
Spanish industrializar
  • industrializarto develop industry
Swedish industrialisera
  • industrialiserato develop industry
Tagalog kalalangin, isakalalang
  • kalalanginto develop industry
  • isakalalangto develop industry
  • sakalalanginto develop industry
Ukrainian індустріалізува́ти
  • індустріалізува́ти (industrializuváty)to develop industry
Cite this entry
APA

industrialize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/industrialize

MLA

“industrialize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/industrialize. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “industrialize,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/industrialize.

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