industrialize

/in'dʌstriəlaiz/ Cách viết khác : (industrialise) /in'dʌstriəlaiz/

Thân thiện

The nation will industrialize its economy over the next decade.

Definition

1. Verb (transitive):
   • To organize the production of something on a large scale, using machinery and factories, making it an industry. This involves changing a process or sector to use industrial methods.
2. Verb (intransitive):
   • For a country, region, or economy to develop large-scale industries and manufacturing, typically moving away from a primarily agricultural base.

Usage

• The verb can be used with or without a direct object.
• When used transitively, the object is the sector or activity being transformed (e.g., ).
• When used intransitively, the subject is the place undergoing the change (e.g., ).

Examples

• Transitive use:
  • The government invested heavily to industrialize agricultural processing.
  • Early efforts to industrialize textile manufacturing revolutionized the economy.
• Intransitive use:
  • Many nations began to industrialize rapidly in the 20th century.
  • The region will industrialize and create new job opportunities.

Advanced Usage

• "to industrialize a process": To convert a manual or small-scale process into a mechanized, factory-based one.
  • The company's goal was to industrialize the assembly of electronic components.
• Used in economic and historical contexts to describe periods of significant societal change, such as the .

Variants and Related Words

• Industrialization (n): The process of industrializing; the large-scale introduction of manufacturing and industry.
  • The industrialization of the nation led to urban growth.
• Industrial (adj): Relating to or characterized by industry.
  • The city is an important industrial center.
• Industrialized/Industrialised (adj): (Past participle used as an adjective) Describing a country or economy that has developed industries.
  • The most industrialized nations have high levels of technology.

Synonyms

• Mechanize: To introduce machines or automation into a process.
• Modernize: To make modern, often by adopting new technologies or methods, which can include industrialization.

Antonyms

• Deindustrialize: To reduce or remove industrial activity.
• Agrarianize: To base an economy on agriculture (less common).

Học thuật

Verb

1. develop industry; become industrial
   • The nations of South East Asia will quickly industrialize and catch up with the West
2. organize (the production of something) into an industry
   • The Chinese industrialized textile production

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