INDUSTRIALIZE

industrialize, industrialise

(verb) develop industry; become industrial; “The nations of South East Asia will quickly industrialize and catch up with the West”

industrialize, industrialise

(verb) organize (the production of something) into an industry; “The Chinese industrialized textile production”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

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

(of a country) To develop industry; to become industrial.

(of a process) To organize along industrial lines.

Antonyms

• deindustrialize

Source: Wiktionary



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CURE

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