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Industrial ɪnˈdʌstriəl Adjective Dispute Unrest Accident Production Fell

Word3 industrial
WordType (adjective)
Phonetic /ɪnˈdʌstriəl/ /ɪnˈdʌstriəl/
Example
  • an industrial dispute
  • industrial unrest
  • an industrial accident
  • industrial production fell in december by 1.4 per cent.
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industrial

(adjective)/ɪnˈdʌstriəl/ /ɪnˈdʌstriəl/
  1. connected with industry
    • SEE ALSO agro-industrial
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/agro-industrial
    • an industrial dispute
    • industrial unrest
    • an industrial accident
    • Industrial production fell in December by 1.4 per cent.
    • policy with regard to future industrial development
    • India has a large industrial sector.
    • a huge industrial complex
    • the country's industrial base
  2. used by industries
    • industrial chemicals
  3. having many industries
    • SEE ALSO post-industrial
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/post-industrial
    • an industrial city/town
    • an industrial society
    • the world’s leading industrial nations
  4. very great in extent or amount
    • They had made industrial quantities of food.
    • They were guilty of fraud on an industrial scale.

    Word Origin

    • late 15th cent.: from industry + -al; in later use influenced by French industriel.
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