INDUSTRIALIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does industrialize mean? 

• INDUSTRIALIZE (verb)
  The verb INDUSTRIALIZE has 2 senses:

1. organize (the production of something) into an industry

2. develop industry; become industrial

  Familiarity information: INDUSTRIALIZE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INDUSTRIALIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they industrialize    ... he / she / it industrializes   
Past simple: industrialized   
Past participle: industrialized   
-ing form: industrializing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Organize (the production of something) into an industry

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

industrialise; industrialize

Context example:

The Chinese industrialized textile production

Hypernyms (to "industrialize" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Develop industry; become industrial

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

industrialise; industrialize

Context example:

The nations of South East Asia will quickly industrialize and catch up with the West

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)

 Context examples 

Researchers say the magnesium consumption from natural foods has decreased in the past few decades, owing to industrialized agriculture and changes in dietary habits.

(Low Magnesium Levels Make Vitamin D Ineffective, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The International System of Units (Systeme International d'Unites, SI) is a decimal system of weights and measures derived from and extending the metric system of units established through the Treaty of the Meter (Convention du Metre) signed in Paris in 1875 and currently signed by 48 nations including all the major industrialized countries.

(International System of Units, NCI Thesaurus)