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INDUSTRIALIZE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they industrialize ... he / she / it industrializes
Past simple: industrialized
Past participle: industrialized
-ing form: industrializing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Develop industry; become industrial
Example:
The nations of South East Asia will quickly industrialize and catch up with the West
Synonyms:
industrialise; industrialize
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "industrialize" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
industrialism (an economic system built on large industries rather than on agriculture or craftsmanship)
industrialization (the development of industry on an extensive scale)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Organize (the production of something) into an industry
Example:
The Chinese industrialized textile production
Synonyms:
industrialise; industrialize
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "industrialize" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something