industry
noun
[ ˈɪndəstri ]
• economic activity concerned with the processing of raw materials and manufacture of goods in factories.
• "new investment incentives for British industry"
• hard work.
• "the kitchen became a hive of industry"
Similar:
hard work,
industriousness,
diligence,
assiduity,
application,
sedulousness,
sedulity,
conscientiousness,
steadiness,
tirelessness,
persistence,
pertinacity,
perseverance,
dedication,
determination,
rigour,
rigorousness,
activity,
busyness,
energy,
vigour,
effort,
labour,
dynamism,
zeal,
productiveness,
laboriousness,
continuance,
perseveration,
Origin:
late Middle English (in industry (sense 2)): from French industrie or Latin industria ‘diligence’.
