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- pronunciation:
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- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
of or pertaining to the production of goods and services by industry.
The number of industrial jobs has been decreasing in the region.Industrial cities sprang up as new factories opened. |
| definition 2: |
characterized by a highly developed system of industries.
The industrial nations of the world have had the most influence on global affairs. |
| definition 3: |
pertaining to those involved in the production of goods and services.
Former farm hands came to the cities and became industrial workers.Most of the factory workers joined industrial unions. |
| related words: |
work, working |
(adj.)industrial
+ noun
accident,
agriculture,
application,
automation,
average,
base,
boiler,
boulevard,
by-product,
capacity,
capitalism,
capitalist,
chemical,
civilization,
commodity,
competitiveness,
complex,
conglomerate,
consumer,
consumption,
corporation,
corridor,
customer,
democracy,
design,
designer,
development,
diamond,
discharge,
ecology,
economist,
economy,
efficiency,
emission,
employment,
engineer,
engineering,
enterprise,
equipment,
era,
espionage,
establishment,
expansion,
export,
facility,
farming,
firm,
fishery,
giant,
growth,
heartland,
hemp,
hygiene,
hygienist,
infrastructure,
innovation,
labor,
laboratory,
landscape,
machinery,
manufacturing,
metal,
might,
nation,
northeast,
objective,
organization,
output,
park,
plant,
policy,
pollutant,
polluter,
pollution,
powerhouse,
processing,
product,
production,
productivity,
property,
psychologist,
psychology,
relation,
restructuring,
revolution,
robot,
sector,
society,
solvent,
structure,
suburb,
technology,
textile,
transformation,
transportation,
turbine,
use,
user,
warehouse,
waste,
wasteland,
wastewater,
worker,
zone
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
one who works in industry.
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| definition 2: |
(pl.) stocks of industrial companies.
Industrials fell today in heavy trading. |
| derivation: |
industrially (adv.) |
The word industrial
contains the following part:
-al2, -ial, -ual
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means pertaining to
  More about this word part:
The suffix -al2, -ial
attaches primarily to nouns ( national
, environmental
) but sometimes to Latin or Greek roots ( final
, capital
, comical
) to form adjectives. See also -ar1.
Example words:
abnormal, accidental, additional, aerial, agricultural, ancestral, annual, arboreal, artificial, astral, bacterial, biblical, biographical, brutal, capital, central, ceremonial, chemical, classical, clinical, coastal, colonial, comical, commercial, confidential, constitutional, continental, continual, controversial, conventional, criminal, critical, crucial, cultural, cylindrical, dental, detrimental, developmental, economical, editorial, educational, electrical, emotional, environmental, essential, equal, exceptional, experimental, facial, factual, federal, final, financial, floral, fluvial, formal, functional, fundamental, general, global, grammatical, guttural, habitual, historical, hysterical, illogical, immoral, impersonal, impractical, individual, industrial, ineffectual, influential, internal, legal, local, logical, lyrical, magical, maniacal, mathematical, memorial, mental, moral, mortal, musical, mythical, national, natural, nautical, neutral, normal, official, parental, pastoral, personal, philosophical, plural, pluralism, pluralistic, political, potential, quizzical, racial, rational, regional, irrational, intellectual, rhythmical, sacrificial, seasonal, spinal, spiritual, technological, territorial, theatrical, thermal, tidal, traditional, tribal, typical, universal, unnatural, veridical, verbal, virtual, vocal, visual
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