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Definition of industrialize verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

industrialize

verb
 
/ɪnˈdʌstriəlaɪz/
 
/ɪnˈdʌstriəlaɪz/
(British English also industrialise)
[transitive, intransitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they industrialize
 
/ɪnˈdʌstriəlaɪz/
 
/ɪnˈdʌstriəlaɪz/
he / she / it industrializes
 
/ɪnˈdʌstriəlaɪzɪz/
 
/ɪnˈdʌstriəlaɪzɪz/
past simple industrialized
 
/ɪnˈdʌstriəlaɪzd/
 
/ɪnˈdʌstriəlaɪzd/
past participle industrialized
 
/ɪnˈdʌstriəlaɪzd/
 
/ɪnˈdʌstriəlaɪzd/
-ing form industrializing
 
/ɪnˈdʌstriəlaɪzɪŋ/
 
/ɪnˈdʌstriəlaɪzɪŋ/
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  1. industrialize (something) if a country or an area is industrialized or if it industrializes, industries are developed there
    • The southern part of the country was slow to industrialize.
    Topics Historyc2
See industrialize in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee industrialize in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English
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