Industry Job ˈɪndəstri British Steel People Involved Government

• heavy/light industry
• the needs of british industry
• she got a job in industry.
• the steel industry

industry

1. the production of goods from raw materials, especially in factories
• heavy/light industry
• the needs of British industry
• She got a job in industry.
2. the people and activities involved in producing a particular thing, or in providing a particular service
• see also captain of industry
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• the steel industry
• the catering/tourist, etc. industry
• We need to develop local industries.
• the Madonna industry (= the large number of people involved in making Madonna successful)
3. the quality of working hard
• We were impressed by their industry.

Extra Examples

• In the computer industry, change comes about very rapidly.
• In the favourable economic environment, new light industries are constantly springing up.
• More than 140 000 people are directly involved in the industry.
• Running down the nuclear industry will result in heavy job losses.
• She decided to leave teaching and go into industry.
• The banks lend money to commerce and industry.
• The government decided to encourage industries based on biotechnology.
• The government has interfered in industry, with disastrous results, by attempting to alter economic trends.
• The industry is facing major challenges.
• The state’s timber industry is heavily subsidized.
• The tourist industry is still expanding rapidly.
• They claim that a commercial port would damage the local tourist industry.
• They hope that the disk drive will become an industry standard.
• Weaving and knitting are traditional cottage industries.
• When the oil ran out, other industries associated with it closed down.
• government measures to stimulate new industry
• industries which are experiencing substantial growth
• one of the fastest-growing industries in the world
• proposals for regulation of the water industry
• strategic industries such as the extraction of oil and natural gas
• students training to enter the banking industry
• the Department of Trade and Industry
• the global textile industry
• the revival of the British film industry
• the shift away from manufacturing to service industry
• trade barriers erected to protect domestic industry
• Desktop publishing has become a modern cottage industry.
• I’d like to get a job in the tourist industry.
• It is the home of light industry, with several small businesses based in the town.
• On leaving college she got a job in industry.
• Pollution from the country’s heavy industry is probably the worst in Europe.
• Thousands of jobs were lost in the steel industry.
• We need to consider the needs of British industry.
• the film/entertainment/tourist/advertising/insurance industry

Word Origin

• late Middle English (in sense (3)): from French industrie or Latin industria ‘diligence’.